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  1. 1a Please wait a second! (3,6)
  2. 8a Disgusting (4)
  3. 9a Negative vote to veto (9)
  4. 10a Stupid person (4)
  5. 13a The King (5)
  6. 15a Three times as many (6)
  7. 16a Protein produced by cells that acts as a biochemical catalyst (6)
  8. 17a Person who fails to cancel — who's on (anag) (2-4)
  9. 19a Group of performers (6)
  10. 20a Fresh (5)
  11. 21a Accepted standard of behaviour (4)
  12. 24a Left — dissolute (9)
  13. 25a Rich soil of sand and clay (4)
  14. 26a Shallow bowl used to culture bacteria — priest hid (anag) (5,4)
  15. 2d Having the value zero — void (4)
  16. 3d Filth (4)
  17. 4d Telephone (6)
  18. 5d See 6
  19. 6d On no account (3,2,4,6)
  20. 7d Squashed (9)
  21. 11d Obliquely (2,2,5)
  22. 12d Counterpane (9)
  23. 13d First name of singer/songwriter born Reginald Dwight in 1947 (5)
  24. 14d Tangle (5)
  25. 18d Sway unsteadily (6)
  26. 19d Bank note (6)
  27. 22d Grip (4)
  28. 23d Large edible mushrooms (4)