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  1. 1 a Bowl, bath or pan (4)
  2. 3 a Taken in (8)
  3. 9 a Flat-bladed kitchen utensil (7)
  4. 10 a Fallible (5)
  5. 11 a Lacking originality (5)
  6. 12 a Vehement (6)
  7. 14 a Dishonest, but legal, business methods (5,8)
  8. 17 a Anticlimactic change in tone (6)
  9. 19 a First performance (5)
  10. 22 a Salad or sandwich ingredient (5)
  11. 23 a Unsophisticated (7)
  12. 24 a Deadly individual (8)
  13. 25 a Similar (to) (4)
  14. 1 d Tell (someone) they’re mistaken (8)
  15. 2 d Dye (5)
  16. 4 d Absolute farce (anag) – it shows how the wind blows (8,5)
  17. 5 d Different (5)
  18. 6 d Italian youngsters (7)
  19. 7 d It’s a deal! (4)
  20. 8 d At capacity (4,2)
  21. 13 d Throw overboard (8)
  22. 15 d One’s unpaid (7)
  23. 16 d Military or police trainees (6)
  24. 18 d Urgency (5)
  25. 20 d Bit of luck (5)
  26. 21 d Surface impurities (4)

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