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  1. 1a Worst — as good as can be (4)
  2. 3a Probably (1,4,3)
  3. 9a Food fish (3,4)
  4. 10a Small medicine bottle (5)
  5. 11a Faithful (5)
  6. 12a Be a sign of (6)
  7. 14a Force the person responsible to explain what happened (4,2,7)
  8. 17a Stress on a syllable (6)
  9. 19a Gangway (5)
  10. 22a Possessed (5)
  11. 23a Risk-taker (7)
  12. 24a Exciting adventure (8)
  13. 25a Glorify (4)
  14. 1d Large place of worship (8)
  15. 2d Frightening (5)
  16. 4d Socially deprived (13)
  17. 5d Come to maturity (5)
  18. 6d Chinese dog similar to a Pekingese (4-3)
  19. 7d Christmas (4)
  20. 8d Thoroughly unreliable person (3,3)
  21. 13d Alfred the Great's brother and predecessor, d. 871 — the elder (anag) (8)
  22. 15d Conical (anag) — brief and to the point (7)
  23. 16d Unpleasantly damp and sticky (6)
  24. 18d Find oneself eventually (3,2)
  25. 20d Spicy Mexican sauce (5)
  26. 21d Warning cry by a golfer (4)