Across
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9
Material as popular with sweet coating (9)
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10
Removing jacket fast when wife goes pale (5)
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11, 12
Swear to Torify ‘Red Flag’ lyrics? (4,3,3,4)
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12
See 11
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13
Principal ingredient of Cheddar cheese (4)
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14
Go and wave off grinder (10)
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16
The box closes to capture sound (7)
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17
Still an imbalance expressed ahead of overhaul (7)
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19
Putting on a sham under threat of death (2,8)
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22
Four of them made one of the classics (4)
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24, 25
Devious cryptic setter no doubt close to reinstatement (3,2,2,7)
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25
See 24
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26
The pick of the tabs leaving raver disappointed? (5)
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27
Anyway, book is about No. 1, we read from reverse note (9)
Down
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1
Kandinsky perhaps quietly set the craft free? (8,7)
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2, 20
Slashing absolute value might sell this picture (8,6)
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3
Just for one in Cornwall is cutting return local fare? (5)
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4
Soil retains dry composition (8)
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5
A new face: Sir Keir and State both on the up (6)
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6
Appliance that blows woman’s verge of rose leaves around Scots town (9)
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7, 18
Offer from those taking charge to dispense with services of char (5,1,2,6)
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8
Rudely knocked up a knight to open safe (5,4,3,3)
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15
Trailer loaded by crew I left (9)
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17
Giving up with mate in two moves? Never! (2,2,4)
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18
See 7
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20
See 2
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21
Failing this foundation in Mineralogy; gaining a place for Economics (2,4)
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23
Maybe one on train’s covering away game (5)