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  1. 1 a Capacity measure, nine imperial gallons (6)
  2. 4 a Blunder (5)
  3. 7 a Flight (6)
  4. 8 a Benchmark (6)
  5. 9 a Killer whale (4)
  6. 10 a Unambitious – irresponsible (8)
  7. 12 a Pastry filled with very sweet, sticky foodstuff (7,4)
  8. 17 a Irish symbol (8)
  9. 19 a N’Djamena’s African country (4)
  10. 20 a Seduce (6)
  11. 21 a Batter in first (6)
  12. 22 a Misunderstanding (3-2)
  13. 23 a Someone from Mombasa? (6)
  14. 1 d Ballroom dance (7)
  15. 2 d Tiresome regulations (3,4)
  16. 3 d Because of that (it’s true) (4,5)
  17. 4 d From Mykonos, e.g. (5)
  18. 5 d Writer of ludicrously unlikely scenes (7)
  19. 6 d Cut out (6)
  20. 11 d Hard part of face (9)
  21. 13 d Driver’s duty (4,3)
  22. 14 d Search for elixir of life and transmutation of matter (7)
  23. 15 d Exchange deal (5-2)
  24. 16 d Regard (6)
  25. 18 d Caper (anag.) (5)

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