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  1. 1 a Send-up (6)
  2. 4 a Cut meat, stone or wood (5)
  3. 7 a Coming together of businesses (6)
  4. 8 a Slender and graceful (6)
  5. 9 a One gets over it as one gets older (4)
  6. 10 a Underground energy source (4,4)
  7. 12 a Regains Mali (anag) — place on the sidelines (11)
  8. 17 a And so on (2,6)
  9. 19 a Debatable (4)
  10. 20 a Support for photography (6)
  11. 21 a Line around an area to prevent entry (6)
  12. 22 a Object used in playing chess (5)
  13. 23 a Mixture of things from different sources (6)
  14. 1 d Extra cost (7)
  15. 2 d One often found in pub? (7)
  16. 3 d Order issued from above (9)
  17. 4 d Nit-pick (5)
  18. 5 d Recovers in health or morale (7)
  19. 6 d Time for a mid-morning something? (6)
  20. 11 d Sudden appearance of an overwhelming mass (9)
  21. 13 d Record store (7)
  22. 14 d Degenerate (7)
  23. 15 d Thrift (7)
  24. 16 d Repressed (4-2)
  25. 18 d Common theme (5)

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