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  1. 1 a Fill (6)
  2. 4 a Excavate (3,2)
  3. 7 a Coiled (6)
  4. 8 a Marque of sports and luxury cars manufacturer in the UK since 1948 (6)
  5. 9 a New Zealand All Blacks' war dance (4)
  6. 10 a Swallowed (8)
  7. 12 a Malicious behaviour (11)
  8. 17 a Fizz (informal) (8)
  9. 19 a Old small silver Spanish coin (4)
  10. 20 a Scamp (6)
  11. 21 a Not a soul (6)
  12. 22 a Temporary knot (5)
  13. 23 a (Self-)important personage (6)
  14. 1 d Parentless children (7)
  15. 2 d Mass murder (7)
  16. 3 d Quiver (9)
  17. 4 d Kind of duck (5)
  18. 5 d Greedy guts (7)
  19. 6 d Public promenade (6)
  20. 11 d Rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale (9)
  21. 13 d Sound equipment fitted over the ears (7)
  22. 14 d Flipping performer? (7)
  23. 15 d Emergency backup (7)
  24. 16 d Heat discolouration (6)
  25. 18 d Take illegally (5)

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