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  1. 1 a Yours truly’s kicker? – Absolutely not! (2,4)
  2. 4 a Blackcurrant drink (6)
  3. 9 a Casting factory (7)
  4. 10 a Delightful silence (5)
  5. 11 a Compare (5)
  6. 12 a Pilot’s domain (7)
  7. 13 a As an armoured car? (6-5)
  8. 18 a Do away with (7)
  9. 20 a Chine (anag.) (5)
  10. 22 a Lab bottle (5)
  11. 23 a Waxing crescent (3,4)
  12. 24 a Old(ie) (6)
  13. 25 a Of a bouquet? (6)
  14. 1 d Wrap in something warm (6)
  15. 2 d Fail at college (5)
  16. 3 d First or second, e.g. (7)
  17. 5 d Lab jelly (5)
  18. 6 d Mop cleaner? (7)
  19. 7 d Willowy (6)
  20. 8 d Tending to attract attention (3-8)
  21. 14 d Perfect (7)
  22. 15 d Continuation (7)
  23. 16 d Uni buildings (6)
  24. 17 d Yellow-flowered parsley relative (6)
  25. 19 d Arctic abode (5)
  26. 21 d Ichor (anag.) (5)

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