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  1. 1 a Uneven (6)
  2. 4 a Group of words forming part of a sentence (6)
  3. 9 a FT index — flirty under-the-table play (7)
  4. 10 a Relax one's efforts (3,2)
  5. 11 a River and department of south-east France (5)
  6. 12 a Dictionary (7)
  7. 13 a Dejected after a failure (11)
  8. 18 a Nouveau riche (7)
  9. 20 a Balance — composure (5)
  10. 22 a Head monk (5)
  11. 23 a Joyce novel (7)
  12. 24 a Repeated prayers (6)
  13. 25 a Chesty (anag) — tool (6)
  14. 1 d Seabird with a short neck and brightly coloured bill (6)
  15. 2 d Treasure of unknown ownership (5)
  16. 3 d Person providing hospitality (7)
  17. 5 d Three-dimensional object shaped like a corkscrew (5)
  18. 6 d Newscaster's reading aid (7)
  19. 7 d Mushroom (6)
  20. 8 d Sweet-sounding (11)
  21. 14 d Arbiter (anag) — snack (7)
  22. 15 d Linking of speaker's mouth movements and voice in filmed recordings (3,4)
  23. 16 d Sit with one's limbs spread out (6)
  24. 17 d Loch monster? (6)
  25. 19 d Gobbled up (5)
  26. 21 d Something put into something else (5)

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