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Across
- 1. Marxist council built poor organisation (9)
- 6. Soldier faced engineer's taunt (4)
- 8. Copenhagen temptress called for delicacies! (8)
- 9. Cologne wife dabbed primarily attracts Southern double-dealers (6)
- 10. "She has no filter, is undiluted, on the nose", admits school principal (8,7)
- 11. Positive attitude derived from American openness mostly (3-2)
- 13. Idle outside rest room flipping bananas (8)
- 15. Sugar canned in confitures, jams (8)
- 18. Ruling Washington in the wake of fat, arrogant Trotskyist leaders (5)
- 20. Ramshackle zoo's gift: echidna with cancer perhaps (4,2,3,6)
- 23. Lacking musical quality, is uptight about Tchaikovsky's oeuvre initially (6)
- 24. Captain's aide caught sailor in float without uniform (5,3)
- 25. It's a shame tree acreage is on the rise (4)
- 26. Portholes for rising sun viewers (5,4)
Down
- 1. President gutted about US state institute's shock feature possibly (5)
- 2. Neck strap deployed if escaping from fairyland (7)
- 3. Fondness for object (5)
- 4. Suggested putting away tandoori starter, as still hungry (7)
- 5. Derivative of fantasy series originally a lot of fun (8)
- 6. Argan oil one extracted out from breakfast fare (7)
- 7. Spooner's American agent to roar like an animal lover (9)
- 12. Weapon for patrols at sea around islands (3,6)
- 14. Birdie scored here with this (4,4)
- 16. Sack best core boxers, for example (7)
- 17. Principled greeting by college in overdue volte-face (7)
- 19. Custodian's beginning to go crazy after evacuation from fire (7)
- 21. God of old protects black beasts (5)
- 22. Dated regularly on Sabbath for yonks (5)
