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  1. 1 a Florence gallery (6)
  2. 9 a Preview (7)
  3. 10 a X X X (7)
  4. 11 a One occurs when sun, moon and Earth align (7)
  5. 12 a Marine, violet or vox? (5)
  6. 14 a Iron a fuse (anag) – extremely wicked (9)
  7. 16 a Moisturiser (4,5)
  8. 19 a Circumferential measure of thickness (5)
  9. 22 a Almond biscuit (7)
  10. 23 a Bird – gulp (7)
  11. 24 a Malevolent glare thought to cause harm (4,3)
  12. 25 a Soak (6)
  13. 2 d Drift about aimlessly – plasterer’s tool (5)
  14. 3 d Hot drink – without delay? (7,6)
  15. 4 d Stifle (anag) (6)
  16. 5 d Lose favour – dropped by Kelly, Jones or Dent? (4,4,5)
  17. 6 d Syrian city (6)
  18. 7 d Instructions – pants (6)
  19. 8 d Unbleached linen (4)
  20. 13 d Hot issue (4)
  21. 15 d Single element (4)
  22. 16 d Domesticated polecat – diligent investigator (6)
  23. 17 d Hanging, flowering spike of hazel (6)
  24. 18 d Rubbed out (6)
  25. 20 d Memorial of antiquity (5)
  26. 21 d Bird of prey – plasterer’s tool (4)

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