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  1. 1a Provoke (4)
  2. 3a Mixture of styles and/or materials — it's cheap (anag) (8)
  3. 9a Spray container (7)
  4. 10a Abrupt (5)
  5. 11a Philanthropist (5)
  6. 12a Small wooden barrel (6)
  7. 14a On the face of it (2,5,6)
  8. 17a Long-handled tool for cutting grass or grain (6)
  9. 19a Noble gas, Ar (5)
  10. 22a Evidence that the accused could not have been guilty (5)
  11. 23a Whiskey — biscuit (7)
  12. 24a Obstructed (8)
  13. 25a Sediment from wine and beer production (4)
  14. 1d Protector (8)
  15. 2d Pinny (5)
  16. 4d Extremely agitated and shaking (3,2,1,7)
  17. 5d Teacher (often private) (5)
  18. 6d Dead and rotting flesh (7)
  19. 7d Fencing sword (4)
  20. 8d Loan shark (6)
  21. 13d The 'backbone of England' (8)
  22. 15d Invented story (7)
  23. 16d Association for a common purpose (6)
  24. 18d Hackneyed (5)
  25. 20d American film star, d. 1960 (5)
  26. 21d Strip of cloth worn round the waist (4)