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  1. 1a French port opposite Kent (6)
  2. 4a Drug, such as morphine (6)
  3. 9a Japanese art form — I'm a giro (rev) (7)
  4. 10a Secret store (5)
  5. 11a Release (3,2)
  6. 12a Cooking utensil (7)
  7. 13a A super stick (anag) — North American tree cultivated for its lightweight timber (5,6)
  8. 18a Small pasta cases with savoury fillings (7)
  9. 20a Arbour (5)
  10. 22a Unsophisticated (5)
  11. 23a Irritable (7)
  12. 24a Line on a cricket pitch (6)
  13. 25a WH Auden's first name (6)
  14. 1d Absent-minded drawing (6)
  15. 2d Be (5)
  16. 3d Ornamental fowl (7)
  17. 5d Ski slope (5)
  18. 6d Lacking in colour or vitality (7)
  19. 7d Urge strongly and sincerely (6)
  20. 8d US river and state (11)
  21. 14d Bill (7)
  22. 15d Heist (7)
  23. 16d Humorously mocking (6)
  24. 17d Ragamuffin (6)
  25. 19d Portents (5)
  26. 21d 18th-century card game, the forerunner of bridge (5)