CRYPTIC CROSSWORD

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1. Lower lights on motorway: the Italian reverses, it's clear (6) 8. Bound to be part of full imitation (5) 9. Take a leisurely stroll and turn, sea being rough (7) 11. He has a will to start, toe being twisted (8) 12. An aircraft looks tiny in leaving the pier (5) 15. A round of duty or pleasure turning into a rout (4) 16. Habitually sail over the strand (3) 17. Good under stress, headmaster starts to be effusive (4) 19. Have a smell of a bit of fish turning in science fiction (5) 21. Dough-ball in soup one is getting rid of around end of meal (8) 24. Tuft found by Scots around the UK (7) 25. Compare Labour leader with Eisenhower at end of election (5) 26. An aimless stroll old Ted might have taken (6)

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2. Idol from the East the Wise Men turned to first (5) 3. A flat, with rent up: copper can arrange it (8) 4. Limit the intake of parliament abroad (4) 5. Laziness with which Holst composed it (5) 6. Sooty fungal disease of plants - in virus mutation (4) 7. Prison may allow one to mix it (4) 10. Beaming at referee, let gun go off (9) 12. Fibre shown by one who invaded Britain (4) 13. Was in torment over how to diagnose it (8) 14. One involved in preparation of course (4) 18. Length of wood one walked to a watery grave (5) 20. It has its plane shutter caught in a young horse (5) 21. Sort of pickled cucumber that makes first diner sick (4) 22. Create something in the week amateurs give over to it (4) 23. Some wind that unsettles the guts (4)