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  1. 1 a The Silver State (6)
  2. 4 a Winner (abbr) (5)
  3. 7 a Not written in a key (6)
  4. 8 a Mysteries (6)
  5. 9 a Star suddenly expanding (4)
  6. 10 a Metal, Ti (8)
  7. 12 a Fool (informal) — necked a hulk (anag) (11)
  8. 17 a Something precipitating an event (8)
  9. 19 a Provoke (4)
  10. 20 a East (6)
  11. 21 a Go (6)
  12. 22 a Compare (5)
  13. 23 a Good-looking (6)
  14. 1 d Web (7)
  15. 2 d South Pacific country, where Prince Philip was revered as a spiritual figure (7)
  16. 3 d Item pressed to remove computer text etc (6,3)
  17. 4 d Around (5)
  18. 5 d Type of coffee bean (7)
  19. 6 d Sacred songs in praise to God (6)
  20. 11 d Number of players on the pitch at the start of a football match (6-3)
  21. 13 d Cavil (7)
  22. 14 d Incise (7)
  23. 15 d Clerical office — yearned (anag) (7)
  24. 16 d Shoal (6)
  25. 18 d Cloth made with flax fibres (5)

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