Just The Beginning

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Across
  1. 2. Where silence is expected and stories present (7)
  2. 5. Wise ones, perhaps, at last appearing (7)
  3. 7. Dwarf planet in the asteroid belt (5)
  4. 9. Deficient in hue perception (11)
  5. 11. Colour or feeling of sadness (4)
  6. 15. Watercourses formed when arrives is rearranged without a (6)
  7. 16. Game where you make words from mixed letters (8)
  8. 20. Island state (8)
  9. 21. Sour fruits: SMILE rearranged (5)
  10. 23. Spear vegetable (9)
  11. 25. Affectionate squeezes(4)
  12. 26. Japanese noodle dish (5)
Down
  1. 1. Animals that kid around? (5)
  2. 3. Cow meat (4)
  3. 4. Frothy coffee drink (10)
  4. 6. Lowers quickly to avoid being hit (5)
  5. 8. Burrowing creatures (7)
  6. 10. Royal colour (6)
  7. 12. See with these (4)
  8. 13. Suitable piece of wearable tech (6)
  9. 14. Battle of minds on a square field (5)
  10. 17. They may follow hugs, in a greeting (6)
  11. 18. What you might do after finally finishing the crossword (5)
  12. 19. The state stars are mostly made of (6)
  13. 22. A game with flowers and dragons
  14. 24. Whispering trend causing tingles, initially? (4)