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  1. 1 a Mischievous (6)
  2. 4 a Corset strips – remains (5)
  3. 7 a Name on a hotel bible (6)
  4. 8 a Country with longest coastline (6)
  5. 9 a Supposed Himalayan (4)
  6. 10 a Break free from constraints (3,5)
  7. 12 a Thicknesses (anag) – lack of order (11)
  8. 17 a Hardly coy (8)
  9. 19 a Scottish surplice – Channel Island (4)
  10. 20 a Muppet – container for junior’s juice? (6)
  11. 21 a Ethos – distilled liquid (6)
  12. 22 a The Lake Isle of Innisfree poet (5)
  13. 23 a Break – nook (6)
  14. 1 d Reserve (7)
  15. 2 d Exact (7)
  16. 3 d Themed, often Romantic musical collection (4,5)
  17. 4 d Metaphor for a sluggish individual (5)
  18. 5 d Bewildered (2,1,4)
  19. 6 d Running ___ (6)
  20. 11 d French-derived word for sorrow (9)
  21. 13 d Ugandan capital (7)
  22. 14 d Descriptor of some bathrooms (2,5)
  23. 15 d Dire ___ (7)
  24. 16 d In an agile manner (6)
  25. 18 d Impurities at the bottom (5)

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