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  1. 1 a French port opposite Kent (6)
  2. 4 a Drug, such as morphine (6)
  3. 9 a Japanese art form — I'm a giro (rev) (7)
  4. 10 a Secret store (5)
  5. 11 a Release (3,2)
  6. 12 a Cooking utensil (7)
  7. 13 a A super stick (anag) — North American tree cultivated for its lightweight timber (5,6)
  8. 18 a Small pasta cases with savoury fillings (7)
  9. 20 a Arbour (5)
  10. 22 a Unsophisticated (5)
  11. 23 a Irritable (7)
  12. 24 a Line on a cricket pitch (6)
  13. 25 a WH Auden's first name (6)
  14. 1 d Absent-minded drawing (6)
  15. 2 d Be (5)
  16. 3 d Ornamental fowl (7)
  17. 5 d Ski slope (5)
  18. 6 d Lacking in colour or vitality (7)
  19. 7 d Urge strongly and sincerely (6)
  20. 8 d US river and state (11)
  21. 14 d Bill (7)
  22. 15 d Heist (7)
  23. 16 d Humorously mocking (6)
  24. 17 d Ragamuffin (6)
  25. 19 d Portents (5)
  26. 21 d 18th-century card game, the forerunner of bridge (5)

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