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  1. 1 a Sprat or Sparrow? (4)
  2. 3 a Bun spice (8)
  3. 9 a One fails to keep up (7)
  4. 10 a One's not in a mainstream religion (5)
  5. 11 a Sheriff's men (5)
  6. 12 a Common expression (6)
  7. 14 a Highly unusual (13)
  8. 17 a Colourless fluid part of blood (6)
  9. 19 a Y is sometimes considered one (5)
  10. 22 a Deceitful (5)
  11. 23 a Temporary (7)
  12. 24 a Ponder (8)
  13. 25 a Spiteful (4)
  14. 1 d Old bangers (8)
  15. 2 d Irritating substance used to temporarily incapacitate (2,3)
  16. 4 d Diarist insult (anag) – tycoon (13)
  17. 5 d Cold (5)
  18. 6 d One of the base shades used in four-colour printing (7)
  19. 7 d Office worker's traditional start time (4)
  20. 8 d Recording device (6)
  21. 13 d Perennial flowering plant which grows from a tuber (8)
  22. 15 d Revealing (7)
  23. 16 d Give it to a guest (6)
  24. 18 d (A) lot (5)
  25. 20 d Not so well (5)
  26. 21 d Group (of countries) sharing common goals (4)

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