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  1. 1 a Big mistake (6)
  2. 4 a One quarter of a deck (6)
  3. 8 a Conditions of a business deal (5)
  4. 9 a Big lie (7)
  5. 10 a Insipid (7)
  6. 11 a Old-fashioned anaesthetic (5)
  7. 12 a Record player (9)
  8. 17 a Hurled (5)
  9. 19 a Big fire (7)
  10. 21 a Warning signal (3,4)
  11. 22 a Extract (5)
  12. 23 a Bear – stick (6)
  13. 24 a Close-fitting necklace (6)
  14. 1 d Contract killer (6)
  15. 2 d Gym session (7)
  16. 3 d Attempt (5)
  17. 5 d ‘Actions speak louder than words’, for instance (7)
  18. 6 d It goes from top to bottom (5)
  19. 7 d French existentialist Jean-Paul ___ (6)
  20. 9 d Hulk Hogan’s line of work (9)
  21. 13 d Frequent customer (7)
  22. 14 d Identify (7)
  23. 15 d Rollercoaster effect? (1-5)
  24. 16 d Take trouble (6)
  25. 18 d Reversed (5)
  26. 20 d Pollution – vulgarity (5)

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