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  1. 5a Information science — recency bits (anag) (11)
  2. 7a Natural talent (4)
  3. 8a Victim's tale? (3,5)
  4. 9a Commonwealth country in the Windward Islands (2,5)
  5. 11a Shade of yellow — gem (5)
  6. 13a Widely accepted saying (5)
  7. 14a Recuperate (7)
  8. 16a Coldly detached (8)
  9. 17a Avian (4)
  10. 18a Aria from Puccini's opera Turandot (6,5)
  11. 1d Assist criminally (4)
  12. 2d Uninspired (7)
  13. 3d Cathedral city on the River Derwent (5)
  14. 4d Dazzlingly skilled musician (8)
  15. 5d Deflated (11)
  16. 6d Extent of something's outer part (7,4)
  17. 10d Supporter of the cohesion of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland (8)
  18. 12d Celtic folk music event (7)
  19. 15d Area of dense vegetation (5)
  20. 17d Part of a tree (4)