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  1. 1a Forage crop with yellow flowers (4)
  2. 3a In the wings (8)
  3. 9a Fairy (7)
  4. 10a Bellini's 1831 opera (5)
  5. 11a Metal cast as a block (5)
  6. 12a He flew too close to the sun, fell into the Aegean and drowned (6)
  7. 14a Succeed by luck (3,3,7)
  8. 17a Related to the bony frame near the base of the spine (6)
  9. 19a Country run for 30 years by 'Papa Doc' Duvalier and his son, 'Baby Doc' (5)
  10. 22a Simulate (5)
  11. 23a From Tel Aviv? (7)
  12. 24a Variety of white wine first produced in the Rhine valley, now all over the world (8)
  13. 25a Hit hard with fist or bat (4)
  14. 1d Cheap and inferior (8)
  15. 2d Fork part (5)
  16. 4d Fit in Uncle Joe (anag) — system for feeding internal-combustion engines (4,9)
  17. 5d He's busy over Christmas (5)
  18. 6d It can inflate or deflate (3,4)
  19. 7d Test (abbr) (4)
  20. 8d Grab (6)
  21. 13d Conspicuous — not at work (8)
  22. 15d Similar types (3,4)
  23. 16d Unit of Roman legion (6)
  24. 18d Gramophone record material (5)
  25. 20d Model of excellence (5)
  26. 21d A great distance away (4)