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  1. 1 a Shrub with berries used to flavour gin (7)
  2. 8 a In a shrewd way (7)
  3. 9 a Unit of explosive power (7)
  4. 10 a Tooth doctor (7)
  5. 11 a Rapid simultaneous shooting (5)
  6. 13 a Luxurious car (with a chauffeur?) (9)
  7. 15 a Go to sleep! (6,3)
  8. 18 a Violent disturbance (5)
  9. 21 a Behaved dishonestly (7)
  10. 22 a Nero or I (anag) — from which a common metal comes (4,3)
  11. 23 a It's offensively ugly (7)
  12. 24 a Hovering singer (7)
  13. 1 d The first king of England and Scotland (5)
  14. 2 d First name of the leader of the Brexit Party since 2019 (5)
  15. 3 d Place to fill the tank (6,7)
  16. 4 d Unsystematic (6)
  17. 5 d Hum yon quartet (anag) — basic explanation of all modern physics (7,6)
  18. 6 d Sign of the zodiac (6)
  19. 7 d Evergreen shrub with white flowers (6)
  20. 12 d German-based supermarket chain (4)
  21. 14 d Hopeless (informal) (2,2)
  22. 15 d Growth found on tree trunks and rocks (6)
  23. 16 d Bloke (6)
  24. 17 d Once popular songs (often golden) (6)
  25. 19 d Bowed instrument slightly larger than a violin (5)
  26. 20 d Examine (5)

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