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  1. 1 a ‘I will show you fear in a handful of ___’ (The Waste Land) (4)
  2. 3 a Wrestling hold – barber’s instrument (8)
  3. 9 a Third letter of the Nato alphabet (7)
  4. 10 a E Asian republic (5)
  5. 11 a Sooty’s friend – chimney worker (5)
  6. 12 a Of the countryside (6)
  7. 14 a Unharmed (3,2,3,5)
  8. 17 a Sophisticated evening gathering (6)
  9. 19 a Assistance in climbing a wall (3-2)
  10. 22 a Constellation with a ‘belt’ (5)
  11. 23 a On the line (2,5)
  12. 24 a Test cricket series (3,5)
  13. 25 a Unit of heredity (4)
  14. 1 d Part-fact, part-fiction TV (8)
  15. 2 d Nuance – ghost – bulb protection (5)
  16. 4 d Where you can find a bargain (9,4)
  17. 5 d Clinton cat – footwear (5)
  18. 6 d Nostril, eg (7)
  19. 7 d Stamp – sometimes earless mammal (4)
  20. 8 d Easily donned, like some shoes (4-2)
  21. 13 d Be asleep (anag) – creamy Italian cheese (3,5)
  22. 15 d Like the king of the jungle (7)
  23. 16 d From Gdańsk, eg (6)
  24. 18 d Ladder steps (5)
  25. 20 d Crystallised, like some cherries (5)
  26. 21 d Usain – what he does (4)

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