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  1. 1 a Alcove (6)
  2. 4 a Kebab-securer (6)
  3. 8 a Moisten with liquid fat while roasting (5)
  4. 9 a Steal (7)
  5. 10 a Quantity held in large bag (7)
  6. 11 a Close, but no ___ ! (5)
  7. 12 a Friendly (9)
  8. 17 a Person neither eating nor using anything animal (5)
  9. 19 a Prepared to listen (3,4)
  10. 21 a Elegant — refined (7)
  11. 22 a Coarse cotton khaki-coloured fabric (5)
  12. 23 a One who believes that there is a God (6)
  13. 24 a Legally binding command (6)
  14. 1 d Sturdy (6)
  15. 2 d Business making large profits (4,3)
  16. 3 d Horizontal surface to put things on (5)
  17. 5 d Pakistan's first capital (7)
  18. 6 d Treat unjustly (5)
  19. 7 d Become waterless (3,3)
  20. 9 d Of the lungs (9)
  21. 13 d Cough mixture (7)
  22. 14 d Slow-moving ice mass (7)
  23. 15 d Long-legged wading bird with upward-curving bill (6)
  24. 16 d On land (6)
  25. 18 d Measure(r) (5)
  26. 20 d Filthy money? (5)

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