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ACROSS

1 Gardening tool (3) 3 Shelter (3) 5 English novelist (5) 8 Glued (5) 9 Spread (7) 10 Consumes (4) 11 Finished (8) 13 Throughout (6) 14 Serpents (6) 17 Controlled (8) 19 Expensive (4) 22 Tableland (7) 23 Seethes (5) 24 Dried fruit (5) 25 Attempt (3) 26 Bloke (3)

DOWN

1 Speed (5) 2 Quorate (anag.) (7) 3 Similar to (4) 4 Use (6) 5 Swaddling (8) 6 Loosen (5) 7 Horse’s gear (7) 12 Plunderers (8) 13 Fell (7) 15 Retaining (7) 16 Upshot (6) 18 Precise (5) 20 Oxidised, corroded (5) 21 Comply with (4)