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  1. 1a Sprat or Sparrow? (4)
  2. 3a Bun spice (8)
  3. 9a One fails to keep up (7)
  4. 10a One's not in a mainstream religion (5)
  5. 11a Sheriff's men (5)
  6. 12a Common expression (6)
  7. 14a Highly unusual (13)
  8. 17a Colourless fluid part of blood (6)
  9. 19a Y is sometimes considered one (5)
  10. 22a Deceitful (5)
  11. 23a Temporary (7)
  12. 24a Ponder (8)
  13. 25a Spiteful (4)
  14. 1d Old bangers (8)
  15. 2d Irritating substance used to temporarily incapacitate (2,3)
  16. 4d Diarist insult (anag) – tycoon (13)
  17. 5d Cold (5)
  18. 6d One of the base shades used in four-colour printing (7)
  19. 7d Office worker's traditional start time (4)
  20. 8d Recording device (6)
  21. 13d Perennial flowering plant which grows from a tuber (8)
  22. 15d Revealing (7)
  23. 16d Give it to a guest (6)
  24. 18d (A) lot (5)
  25. 20d Not so well (5)
  26. 21d Group (of countries) sharing common goals (4)