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  1. 1 a Apt to bite (6)
  2. 4 a Long-legged shorebird with a slender upward-curving bill (6)
  3. 9 a Small four-stringed guitar (7)
  4. 10 a Tights material (5)
  5. 11 a Drug-free (informal) (5)
  6. 12 a Outdo (7)
  7. 13 a Advance (11)
  8. 18 a Portable charcoal-burning brazier with a grill for cooking (7)
  9. 20 a Nigel (anag) (5)
  10. 22 a Disgrace resulting from detestable behaviour (5)
  11. 23 a Not properly cared for (7)
  12. 24 a Come on, spill the beans! (2,4)
  13. 25 a Requiring immediate attention (6)
  14. 1 d Plaster for walls and ceilings (6)
  15. 2 d Divert (5)
  16. 3 d Old German penny, one hundredth of a pre-€ Deutschmark (7)
  17. 5 d Gramophone records (5)
  18. 6 d Sea nymph who detained Odysseus for seven years — a sly cop (anag) (7)
  19. 7 d Oil-carrying vessel (6)
  20. 8 d Harmful to living things — our tide eels (anag) (11)
  21. 14 d Constructed again (7)
  22. 15 d Very difficult task (informal) (7)
  23. 16 d Cover — hide (6)
  24. 17 d Seven similar things considered as a unit (6)
  25. 19 d A horse designed by a committee? (5)
  26. 21 d A putt in golf from so close to the hole that your opponent concedes it to you (5)

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