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  1. 1 a Brusque (6)
  2. 4 a Strong and heavy in build (5)
  3. 7 a Short-legged hound (6)
  4. 8 a Relating to flowers (6)
  5. 9 a Foxtrot follower (4)
  6. 10 a Author of The Remains of the Day (8)
  7. 12 a Smelling salts (3,8)
  8. 17 a Busily working (4,2,2)
  9. 19 a Bird of prey (4)
  10. 20 a Zigzag ski race (6)
  11. 21 a Material for violin strings (6)
  12. 22 a Very much (2,3)
  13. 23 a Harass vocally (6)
  14. 1 d Legendary female warriors (7)
  15. 2 d Soothing (7)
  16. 3 d Underskirt (9)
  17. 4 d Pakistani curry dish, originating perhaps in 1970s' Birmingham (5)
  18. 5 d Baleen whale (7)
  19. 6 d Cowardly (6)
  20. 11 d Great sadness (9)
  21. 13 d Amount of land (7)
  22. 14 d Principal city of Siberia — UK skirt (anag) (7)
  23. 15 d Express eager enjoyment (7)
  24. 16 d Selected (6)
  25. 18 d Shun (5)

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