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  1. 1 a One who owes money (6)
  2. 4 a Alcoholic pick-me-up (6)
  3. 9 a One Ford (anag) — ruined (4,3)
  4. 10 a Part of the cricket wicket (5)
  5. 11 a Promiscuous (5)
  6. 12 a Set going (7)
  7. 13 a Ruse designed to disguise one's real intentions (11)
  8. 18 a Inner distinctive nature of anything (7)
  9. 20 a Step (5)
  10. 22 a Person acting as a judge? (5)
  11. 23 a Catastrophic (7)
  12. 24 a Depict artistically (6)
  13. 25 a Courteously (6)
  14. 1 d Deprive by deceit (6)
  15. 2 d Stringed instrument (5)
  16. 3 d At a time when demand is less (3-4)
  17. 5 d Disprove (5)
  18. 6 d Short section of sharp bends on a motor-racing track (7)
  19. 7 d More impetuous — slice of meat (6)
  20. 8 d Full-bodied sweet fortified wine (5,6)
  21. 14 d Assignment — calling (7)
  22. 15 d Italian operatic composer, d. 1868 (7)
  23. 16 d Person who rouses game birds to be shot (6)
  24. 17 d Liking to wear fancy or formal clothes (6)
  25. 19 d Treat carefully (5)
  26. 21 d Got up (5)

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