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  1. 1 a Jewel box (6)
  2. 4 a Duck (5)
  3. 7 a Actually — denied (anag) (6)
  4. 8 a Fruit eaten as a vegetable (6)
  5. 9 a Vessel carrying blood towards the heart (4)
  6. 10 a No pink inside? (4,4)
  7. 12 a Nature (11)
  8. 17 a Throbs (8)
  9. 19 a Painful (4)
  10. 20 a Coming (6)
  11. 21 a Broad street (6)
  12. 22 a Deer (5)
  13. 23 a Outline (6)
  14. 1 d Abstract idea (7)
  15. 2 d Human bone — ten rums (anag) (7)
  16. 3 d Natural talent — won't emend (anag) (9)
  17. 4 d Slobber (5)
  18. 5 d Heavy cavalryman (7)
  19. 6 d French anti-ship missile (6)
  20. 11 d Usurer (4,5)
  21. 13 d Brighten up (7)
  22. 14 d Least difficult (7)
  23. 15 d From end to end (7)
  24. 16 d Lead newspaper story (6)
  25. 18 d Parents' sisters (5)

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