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  1. 1 a Forage crop with yellow flowers (4)
  2. 3 a In the wings (8)
  3. 9 a Fairy (7)
  4. 10 a Bellini's 1831 opera (5)
  5. 11 a Metal cast as a block (5)
  6. 12 a He flew too close to the sun, fell into the Aegean and drowned (6)
  7. 14 a Succeed by luck (3,3,7)
  8. 17 a Related to the bony frame near the base of the spine (6)
  9. 19 a Country run for 30 years by 'Papa Doc' Duvalier and his son, 'Baby Doc' (5)
  10. 22 a Simulate (5)
  11. 23 a From Tel Aviv? (7)
  12. 24 a Variety of white wine first produced in the Rhine valley, now all over the world (8)
  13. 25 a Hit hard with fist or bat (4)
  14. 1 d Cheap and inferior (8)
  15. 2 d Fork part (5)
  16. 4 d Fit in Uncle Joe (anag) — system for feeding internal-combustion engines (4,9)
  17. 5 d He's busy over Christmas (5)
  18. 6 d It can inflate or deflate (3,4)
  19. 7 d Test (abbr) (4)
  20. 8 d Grab (6)
  21. 13 d Conspicuous — not at work (8)
  22. 15 d Similar types (3,4)
  23. 16 d Unit of Roman legion (6)
  24. 18 d Gramophone record material (5)
  25. 20 d Model of excellence (5)
  26. 21 d A great distance away (4)

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