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  1. 1a Conduit for a fluid (4)
  2. 3a Stiff(ened) (8)
  3. 9a One who hesitates fearfully (7)
  4. 10a Dressing served with food (5)
  5. 11a Fabric (originally from New York and London) (5)
  6. 12a Legislative assembly (6)
  7. 14a Opposition frontbenchers (6,7)
  8. 17a Woody tropical grass (6)
  9. 19a Royal (5)
  10. 22a Unsoiled (5)
  11. 23a Apparent (7)
  12. 24a So-so (8)
  13. 25a Male protagonist (4)
  14. 1d Moisture from the air at night — new sides (anag) (8)
  15. 2d Polite (5)
  16. 4d Relating to dancing (13)
  17. 5d Gone up (5)
  18. 6d Texas city (7)
  19. 7d Source of venison (4)
  20. 8d Promptly (6)
  21. 13d Long dagger (8)
  22. 15d Finished (2,2,3)
  23. 16d European capital (6)
  24. 18d Hackneyed (5)
  25. 20d Birds in a gaggle (5)
  26. 21d Fraudulent scheme (4)