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  1. 1 a Shiny metal (6)
  2. 4 a Tam o' Shanter poet (5)
  3. 7 a Heaps (6)
  4. 8 a Combined (6)
  5. 9 a Betray (informal) (4)
  6. 10 a In the dark (8)
  7. 12 a Traditional pantomime — No. 1 bus stops (anag) (4,2,5)
  8. 17 a Demeaning (5,3)
  9. 19 a Hard labour (4)
  10. 20 a Crushed to powder (6)
  11. 21 a Not subject to taxation (6)
  12. 22 a Kind of poem 'written in a country churchyard' by Thomas Gray (5)
  13. 23 a Plane without an engine (6)
  14. 1 d Deal with a backlog (5,2)
  15. 2 d Cookery book contents (7)
  16. 3 d Bewildered (9)
  17. 4 d Voila! (5)
  18. 5 d Take (or pull) back (7)
  19. 6 d Tranquilise (6)
  20. 11 d Of little consequence (2,3,4)
  21. 13 d Thawed out (7)
  22. 14 d Very fashionable (2-5)
  23. 15 d Sea captain (7)
  24. 16 d It's hit for one run (6)
  25. 18 d Vex (5)

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