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Across
8 Piece of writing giving an editorial opinion? (7,7) LEADING ARTICLE
9 Arrived with the regular real device (6) CAMERA
10 Old soldiers covering South Island at midnight are in returning an official symbol (8) INSIGNIA
11 Enough for a Democratic leader to consider as the same (8) ADEQUATE
13 No one seems regularly making sounds (6) NOISES
14 Controls over an Inspector General, as naxalite head quits at last (6) REIGNS
16 Support His Majesty before God (6) BRAHMA
19 Small wave on Rhode Island has the pupil every second on the boat (6) RIPPLE
21 Not right to ban moral characters (8) ABNORMAL
23 Passer-by has left money in the resort to be distributed (8) STROLLER
24 It attracts you at the pole! (6) MAGNET
26 United Nations in search for one noble trying to cover an Afghan leader universally recognised (14) UNQUESTIONABLE
Down
1 No dealer will cut the shrub (8) OLEANDER
2 Contest for a group of people (4) GAME
3 Paint a design on party decorations (6) PINATA
4 Missing the first mark on it, odd ends exploded (7) IGNITED
5 One to get a life term! (8) PRISONER
6 Catcher can fly this bird (10) KINGFISHER
7 Fish for one in the street (6)
12 Give and take a pound for the queen only in the beginning (4,3,3) QUID PRO QUO
15 Without reason, want a smaller amount of money (8) NEEDLESS
17 Got up to notice around a weak combination of bridge opponents (8) AWAKENED
18 Arab returning is outside the house in an island country (7) BAHRAIN
20 In a canvas shelter, with some purpose (6) INTENT
22 Kind of ceremony initially not accepted in China (6)
25 American soldier sheltering an old boy on the desert (4) GOBI