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  1. 1a Alcove (6)
  2. 4a Kebab-securer (6)
  3. 8a Moisten with liquid fat while roasting (5)
  4. 9a Steal (7)
  5. 10a Quantity held in large bag (7)
  6. 11a Close, but no ___ ! (5)
  7. 12a Friendly (9)
  8. 17a Person neither eating nor using anything animal (5)
  9. 19a Prepared to listen (3,4)
  10. 21a Elegant — refined (7)
  11. 22a Coarse cotton khaki-coloured fabric (5)
  12. 23a One who believes that there is a God (6)
  13. 24a Legally binding command (6)
  14. 1d Sturdy (6)
  15. 2d Business making large profits (4,3)
  16. 3d Horizontal surface to put things on (5)
  17. 5d Pakistan's first capital (7)
  18. 6d Treat unjustly (5)
  19. 7d Become waterless (3,3)
  20. 9d Of the lungs (9)
  21. 13d Cough mixture (7)
  22. 14d Slow-moving ice mass (7)
  23. 15d Long-legged wading bird with upward-curving bill (6)
  24. 16d On land (6)
  25. 18d Measure(r) (5)
  26. 20d Filthy money? (5)