Across
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1Clean directors have total success (5,3,5)
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9Criminal met hero to make proposition (7)
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10Bow string attached to metal, not unknown (7)
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11Embrace electronic giant (4)
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12Man with ship at sea in simple part of world (10)
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14Pine tree in sound location in California (4,5)
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15Give notice, restricting conflict (5)
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17Film actor free from pressure (5)
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18One old dam cracked, presaging disaster (4-5)
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20Conquering savage to capture hill (10)
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22Promotional piece yielding bravo for Britpop band (4)
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24Flower in spring, not large, in decline (3,4)
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25Employee of coffee shop in Italian city street area (7)
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26Work by Joyce Grenfell initially in broadcast wins a keen fan (9,4)
Down
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1Bag some winnings at Cheltenham (7)
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2Start to express compassion, receiving information in crisis (9)
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3Opening fortified wine (4)
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4Strike on day, thus disrupting joint, showing sign of communism (6,3,6)
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5Historic album, unusually absorbing book on one part of Canada (7,8)
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6Adequate account with chart about church power (10)
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7Urge resistance in disreputable bar (5)
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8Champion fed up before finish (6)
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13Party lashed by wild rain, bane of Scottish city (10)
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16Article on a sundial designed in region of Spain (9)
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17Note to guard against one son becoming prodigal (6)
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19Report flowed, written up with speed (7)
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21Rubbish banter (5)
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23Painful upset for god of love (4)