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  1. 1 a Assistant (4)
  2. 3 a Schooled (8)
  3. 9 a Scold (4,3)
  4. 10 a Drab and depressing (5)
  5. 11 a Well-grounded (5)
  6. 12 a Indistinct in outline (6)
  7. 14 a In just a cursory way (13)
  8. 17 a Trying experience (6)
  9. 19 a Ballerinas' short skirts (5)
  10. 22 a Slack (5)
  11. 23 a Making lace by hand (7)
  12. 24 a Tyre problem (8)
  13. 25 a Determination — coarse sandstone (4)
  14. 1 d Committed campaigner (8)
  15. 2 d Fit for the highest rank of nobility (5)
  16. 4 d Electronic device for restoring normal heart rhythm (13)
  17. 5 d Scrounge (5)
  18. 6 d Structure of twining plants (7)
  19. 7 d Twenty-four hour periods (4)
  20. 8 d Marvel (6)
  21. 13 d Vision (8)
  22. 15 d Steal (7)
  23. 16 d Entirely (Latin) (2,4)
  24. 18 d Happening (5)
  25. 20 d One who refuses to give up — German city on the Moselle (5)
  26. 21 d Hit with an open hand (4)

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