Missed alarm as a result of those faced by 9 and 24/26 – permit to include its first (9)

Guardian Cryptic #29559 | 3 Down | 2024-12-06
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

OVERS(balls bowled to/faced by the cricketers named in solutions to 9 and 24/26) + LET(to permit/allow) containing ( to include ) 1st letter of ( … its first ) “ permit ”. Defn: … meant to wake one up from sleep.

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