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  1. 1 a Soap unit (4)
  2. 3 a Mediaeval musician (8)
  3. 9 a Bad way for a ship to be run (7)
  4. 10 a Abandonment of a political stance (1-4)
  5. 11 a Lesson – taste – category (5)
  6. 12 a e.g. Ever Decreasing Circles (6)
  7. 14 a It’s not for everyone (8,5)
  8. 17 a Bovine brats (6)
  9. 19 a Andrew of 12ac or Connie of spydom (5)
  10. 22 a Long-necked, sharp-beaked wader (5)
  11. 23 a Hairstyle for Amy Winehouse (7)
  12. 24 a Thick sweet viscous ingredient (8)
  13. 25 a His ‘n’ ___ (4)
  14. 1 d Dark artist’s material (8)
  15. 2 d S. ___, 2018 Olympic host (5)
  16. 4 d Absolutely necessary (13)
  17. 5 d Move (railway rolling stock) to a (side) track (5)
  18. 6 d Hoarsely loud (7)
  19. 7 d Eye part (4)
  20. 8 d Archetypal Guardian reader’s breakfast (6)
  21. 13 d Make another rating of (8)
  22. 15 d Square-headed arrow – it might be 6d (7)
  23. 16 d Mortarboard dangler (6)
  24. 18 d Planet 108m km from the Sun (5)
  25. 20 d Onion kin (5)
  26. 21 d Close friend that’s chopped fish? (4)

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