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  1. 1 a Provoke (4)
  2. 3 a Mixture of styles and/or materials — it's cheap (anag) (8)
  3. 9 a Spray container (7)
  4. 10 a Abrupt (5)
  5. 11 a Philanthropist (5)
  6. 12 a Small wooden barrel (6)
  7. 14 a On the face of it (2,5,6)
  8. 17 a Long-handled tool for cutting grass or grain (6)
  9. 19 a Noble gas, Ar (5)
  10. 22 a Evidence that the accused could not have been guilty (5)
  11. 23 a Whiskey — biscuit (7)
  12. 24 a Obstructed (8)
  13. 25 a Sediment from wine and beer production (4)
  14. 1 d Protector (8)
  15. 2 d Pinny (5)
  16. 4 d Extremely agitated and shaking (3,2,1,7)
  17. 5 d Teacher (often private) (5)
  18. 6 d Dead and rotting flesh (7)
  19. 7 d Fencing sword (4)
  20. 8 d Loan shark (6)
  21. 13 d The 'backbone of England' (8)
  22. 15 d Invented story (7)
  23. 16 d Association for a common purpose (6)
  24. 18 d Hackneyed (5)
  25. 20 d American film star, d. 1960 (5)
  26. 21 d Strip of cloth worn round the waist (4)

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