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  1. 1 a Essential part (4)
  2. 3 a Scheme to unfairly incriminate someone (6-2)
  3. 9 a One has no prospect of success (2-5)
  4. 10 a Sharp bend (5)
  5. 11 a Chilling (5)
  6. 12 a Quirk (6)
  7. 14 a Like an illness caused by e.g. stress (13)
  8. 17 a Lessens (6)
  9. 19 a Sound (5)
  10. 22 a Narcotic to which Marx likened religion (5)
  11. 23 a Competitor (7)
  12. 24 a Plan (8)
  13. 25 a Metallic element used to make brass (4)
  14. 1 d Disdain (8)
  15. 2 d Escort (5)
  16. 4 d Kind of cat or butterfly (13)
  17. 5 d Material favoured by academics and farmers (5)
  18. 6 d Environment (7)
  19. 7 d Chess piece which can be promoted (4)
  20. 8 d Communicative faculty (6)
  21. 13 d Comprising various elements of different kinds (8)
  22. 15 d Rowdy and violent (7)
  23. 16 d Diminutive (6)
  24. 18 d Retiring (5)
  25. 20 d Inhabitant of Fallujah or Kirkuk (5)
  26. 21 d Scottish region – character in Friends (4)

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