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Across
- 1. What nosedives may end up in? (9)
- 6. Oddly effete, small crawlers (4)
- 8. Easy going A-student falling behind in class (8)
- 9. See, for starters, clues assassin left behind at edge of crime scene (6)
- 10. Mr. Anarchy, Kid Dot corrupted ordinary people (3,4,3,5)
- 11. Exhausted, uneasy without energy (5)
- 13. Old flame pretending to be tough (8)
- 15. Leaderless people conquered through Lockheed Martin's métier (8)
- 18. The devil you see might disappear, but he's never getting out (5)
- 20. Really attracts fame of a different order (2,1,6,2,4)
- 23. Studies bores (6)
- 24. Coppers without borders splinter politburo section? (8)
- 25. It's all downhill from here! (4)
- 26. Wise, if largely melancholy. Polite, though not right (9)
Down
- 1. Spicy flavour — nothing one won't do for this (5)
- 2. So as to be fashionable, take fringe off skirt (2,5)
- 3. Absurdist turns up with spice (5)
- 4. Oddly flat and meek after being sick, leading to low esteem (3,4)
- 5. Cocktail venue for vegans? (5,3)
- 6. Tendency to go topless might mesmerise (7)
- 7. Acceptance for scarf initially lacking by majority of European nation (9)
- 12. Spy operation cut short following adverse development (9)
- 14. Clumsily curtsies and grimaces (8)
- 16. Collection in this for flock of wild ox, lamb and sheep primarily (4,3)
- 17. Requiring ingredients shaken, not stirred! (7)
- 19. “Hell no,” federal exchequer chiefs interrupted “Our money comes first” (7)
- 21. Chiefs of principality took intelligent counsel of the seer (5)
- 22. Put out burden (5)
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