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  1. 1 a Blunt rejection (6)
  2. 4 a Slavery (6)
  3. 9 a Insipid — sickly (7)
  4. 10 a Pack of cards for fortune-tellers (5)
  5. 11 a Walk like a peacock (5)
  6. 12 a Splendid — tearing (7)
  7. 13 a Blood-curdling (4-7)
  8. 18 a Hit violently (3,4)
  9. 20 a Burnt sienna (5)
  10. 22 a Previous (5)
  11. 23 a Shining (as eyes?) (7)
  12. 24 a Necessary (6)
  13. 25 a Fruit resembling a large lemon (6)
  14. 1 d Neglectful (6)
  15. 2 d Leafy recess (5)
  16. 3 d Waste — food in batter (7)
  17. 5 d Emotionally excited (3,2)
  18. 6 d Call to account (7)
  19. 7 d Vamoose! (4,2)
  20. 8 d In that ballpark area (11)
  21. 14 d You're welcome! (7)
  22. 15 d Thinly sliced raw fish dish — his aims (anag) (7)
  23. 16 d Kind of bow tie (4-2)
  24. 17 d Deep ravine (6)
  25. 19 d Bundle of fibres that transmit sensory and motor impulses (5)
  26. 21 d Game involving full houses (5)

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