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  1. 1 a Edible mollusc with a ribbed shell (6)
  2. 4 a Luxurious — soft material (5)
  3. 7 a Card game for two (6)
  4. 8 a Macbeth's victim (6)
  5. 9 a Tied agricultural worker in feudal times (4)
  6. 10 a That's nonsense! (8)
  7. 12 a Reminder (4-7)
  8. 17 a Potential sequence of events (8)
  9. 19 a Office worker's usual finishing time? (4)
  10. 20 a Lacking in power (6)
  11. 21 a Fervent partisan (6)
  12. 22 a Dine at home (3,2)
  13. 23 a Celebrations (6)
  14. 1 d Unrealistic hope — ie charm (anag) (7)
  15. 2 d Thrilled to bits (informal) (7)
  16. 3 d Merlot ace (anag) — a recent arrival (9)
  17. 4 d Examine in great depth (5)
  18. 5 d Opaque (7)
  19. 6 d That's the truth! (6)
  20. 11 d Hoodwink (9)
  21. 13 d Approximate (7)
  22. 14 d Exaggerate — blow up (7)
  23. 15 d Covetous (7)
  24. 16 d Take to be the case (6)
  25. 18 d Exhausted (3,2)

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