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  1. 1 a Like a bad-tempered crustacean? (6)
  2. 4 a French composer, 1866-1925 (5)
  3. 7 a Loo rum (anag) – gold-leaf prepared for gilding bronze, etc (6)
  4. 8 a Green woodpecker (6)
  5. 9 a An arm or a leg (4)
  6. 10 a Energy booster (4-2-2)
  7. 12 a Create trouble – at sea? (4,3,4)
  8. 17 a High as a kite (8)
  9. 19 a Be in a rage (4)
  10. 20 a Female relatives (6)
  11. 21 a It’s rarely found in a haystack (6)
  12. 22 a Ground, land or paper (5)
  13. 23 a Notebook (6)
  14. 1 d Bag or pigeon (7)
  15. 2 d Pertaining to a single-celled organism (7)
  16. 3 d Flag – longest-running children’s programme in the world (4,5)
  17. 4 d Don’t accept a loan from this big fish? (5)
  18. 5 d Thin glossy silk fabric (7)
  19. 6 d Not subject (to duty) (6)
  20. 11 d Gradually increasing in loudness (9)
  21. 13 d Shore up (anag) – Eurydice’s husband (7)
  22. 14 d Quirky (7)
  23. 15 d Acrobat (7)
  24. 16 d OK, wren (anag) – Cornish for Cornwall (6)
  25. 18 d Wild chrysanthemum (2-3)

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