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  1. 1a Essential part (4)
  2. 3a Scheme to unfairly incriminate someone (6-2)
  3. 9a One has no prospect of success (2-5)
  4. 10a Sharp bend (5)
  5. 11a Chilling (5)
  6. 12a Quirk (6)
  7. 14a Like an illness caused by e.g. stress (13)
  8. 17a Lessens (6)
  9. 19a Sound (5)
  10. 22a Narcotic to which Marx likened religion (5)
  11. 23a Competitor (7)
  12. 24a Plan (8)
  13. 25a Metallic element used to make brass (4)
  14. 1d Disdain (8)
  15. 2d Escort (5)
  16. 4d Kind of cat or butterfly (13)
  17. 5d Material favoured by academics and farmers (5)
  18. 6d Environment (7)
  19. 7d Chess piece which can be promoted (4)
  20. 8d Communicative faculty (6)
  21. 13d Comprising various elements of different kinds (8)
  22. 15d Rowdy and violent (7)
  23. 16d Diminutive (6)
  24. 18d Retiring (5)
  25. 20d Inhabitant of Fallujah or Kirkuk (5)
  26. 21d <span>Scottish region – character in </span><i>Friends</i> (4)