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  1. 1 a Cheat (colloquially) (6)
  2. 4 a Tree like the Australian wattle (6)
  3. 9 a Aero sac (anag) – skin condition which makes the face red (7)
  4. 10 a Words of a song (5)
  5. 11 a Here’s the thing (5)
  6. 12 a Unopened bloom – bored us (anag) (7)
  7. 13 a Uses up flour (anag) – surplus to requirements (11)
  8. 18 a Philandering individual (7)
  9. 20 a Uncertain situation (5)
  10. 22 a Three-line poem (5)
  11. 23 a Stretchy (7)
  12. 24 a Neckerchief ring (6)
  13. 25 a Needle partner (6)
  14. 1 d Get (satisfaction, say) (6)
  15. 2 d Japanese soup stock (5)
  16. 3 d Produce milk (7)
  17. 5 d Selects (and sometimes destroys) (5)
  18. 6 d Reindeer in N America (7)
  19. 7 d Agree to a demand (6)
  20. 8 d Milk producer (5,6)
  21. 14 d Eternal (love) (7)
  22. 15 d Let loose (7)
  23. 16 d Give a wide berth to (6)
  24. 17 d Put into words (6)
  25. 19 d Not kind (5)
  26. 21 d Not shiny (5)

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