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  1. 1a The Silver State (6)
  2. 4a Winner (abbr) (5)
  3. 7a Not written in a key (6)
  4. 8a Mysteries (6)
  5. 9a Star suddenly expanding (4)
  6. 10a Metal, Ti (8)
  7. 12a Fool (informal) — necked a hulk (anag) (11)
  8. 17a Something precipitating an event (8)
  9. 19a Provoke (4)
  10. 20a East (6)
  11. 21a Go (6)
  12. 22a Compare (5)
  13. 23a Good-looking (6)
  14. 1d Web (7)
  15. 2d South Pacific country, where Prince Philip was revered as a spiritual figure (7)
  16. 3d Item pressed to remove computer text etc (6,3)
  17. 4d Around (5)
  18. 5d Type of coffee bean (7)
  19. 6d Sacred songs in praise to God (6)
  20. 11d Number of players on the pitch at the start of a football match (6-3)
  21. 13d Cavil (7)
  22. 14d Incise (7)
  23. 15d Clerical office — yearned (anag) (7)
  24. 16d Shoal (6)
  25. 18d Cloth made with flax fibres (5)