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  1. 1 a Conduit for a fluid (4)
  2. 3 a Stiff(ened) (8)
  3. 9 a One who hesitates fearfully (7)
  4. 10 a Dressing served with food (5)
  5. 11 a Fabric (originally from New York and London) (5)
  6. 12 a Legislative assembly (6)
  7. 14 a Opposition frontbenchers (6,7)
  8. 17 a Woody tropical grass (6)
  9. 19 a Royal (5)
  10. 22 a Unsoiled (5)
  11. 23 a Apparent (7)
  12. 24 a So-so (8)
  13. 25 a Male protagonist (4)
  14. 1 d Moisture from the air at night — new sides (anag) (8)
  15. 2 d Polite (5)
  16. 4 d Relating to dancing (13)
  17. 5 d Gone up (5)
  18. 6 d Texas city (7)
  19. 7 d Source of venison (4)
  20. 8 d Promptly (6)
  21. 13 d Long dagger (8)
  22. 15 d Finished (2,2,3)
  23. 16 d European capital (6)
  24. 18 d Hackneyed (5)
  25. 20 d Birds in a gaggle (5)
  26. 21 d Fraudulent scheme (4)

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