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  1. 1 a Cummerbund (4)
  2. 3 a Ornamental needlework (8)
  3. 9 a Hairy (7)
  4. 10 a Curl hair tightly (5)
  5. 11 a Pipped fruit (5)
  6. 12 a Decree authoritatively (6)
  7. 14 a Sort of financial scam for which Bernie Madoff got a prison sentence of 150 years in 2009 (7,6)
  8. 17 a Key — one of two batsman in a side (6)
  9. 19 a (Fish using a) dragnet (5)
  10. 22 a New York borough (5)
  11. 23 a Badly behaved (7)
  12. 24 a Back (8)
  13. 25 a Soon (4)
  14. 1 d Strong drink like gin (8)
  15. 2 d Grenadine, for example (5)
  16. 4 d Superiority in numbers (13)
  17. 5 d With alcohol added (5)
  18. 6 d What gives tonic water its taste (7)
  19. 7 d Catch sight of (4)
  20. 8 d Building where objects of interest are displayed (6)
  21. 13 d Methodist (8)
  22. 15 d Blame (7)
  23. 16 d Material used for violin strings, for example (6)
  24. 18 d Only US president to have resigned from office (5)
  25. 20 d Wan (5)
  26. 21 d Between the sheets (4)

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