Across
| 1 | Good grade; Paul's excited (1-4) |
| 4 | Surprisingly, I own gym in Western state (7) |
| 8 | Loons surrounding silver bodies of water (7) |
| 9 | Starting to color over book's protective sleeve (5) |
| 10 | Iowa territory includes melted ice (5) |
| 11 | Terror-stricken describing mistakes (6) |
| 12 | Cut most of video after I'd returned (6) |
| 14 | Reconsider, please, something you shouldn't be in class? (6) |
| 18 | Concoct a version involving series of eight notes (6) |
| 20 | Long-armed ape is almost orange (5) |
| 23 | We hear no sound of a horse (5) |
| 24 | Red pen I splattered; no longer green? (7) |
| 25 | Egads - an outrageous set of schedules (7) |
| 26 | Dares starting to race with broken skis (5) |
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Down
| 1 | Permitted everything to be paid later (7) |
| 2 | Nearly weightless after start of flight (5) |
| 3 | Went bad, like milk; clutching scrap of cloth, scrubbed clean (7) |
| 4 | Laundry appliance was owned by that lady (6) |
| 5 | Mark follows start of ovation for Hollywood award (5) |
| 6 | Opposite, in poetry (7) |
| 7 | Tiger moth swallows bug (4) |
| 13 | Protection from smallpox, e.g.; grape plant absorbs one cubic centimeter (7) |
| 15 | Small rabbit, sometimes, is being found at the mall (7) |
| 16 | Father's holding a dog back in Japanese temples (7) |
| 17 | Rings bearing rubies, primarily, and gems from oysters (6) |
| 19 | Got a perfect test score; holding top of head, felt a dull pain (5) |
| 21 | Insects biting one of unlucky relatives (5) |
| 22 | Peruvian Indian in California (4) |
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