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  1. 1a Challenging (9)
  2. 8a Irish county — salad cream (4)
  3. 9a Enduring courage (9)
  4. 10a Swirling current (4)
  5. 13a Sound like a cat (5)
  6. 15a Situation causing delay (6)
  7. 16a Spectre (6)
  8. 17a Maker of knives etc (6)
  9. 19a Quick temper — spite (6)
  10. 20a The people (Greek) (5)
  11. 21a Convent residents (4)
  12. 24a German air force (9)
  13. 25a Disorderly retreat (4)
  14. 26a Unable to hear at all (5,4)
  15. 2d Press (4)
  16. 3d Seizures (4)
  17. 4d Herb of the mint family, attractive to some pets (6)
  18. 5d Shropshire market town (6)
  19. 6d Dickens novel (4,5)
  20. 7d Packaging material — telephony (anag) (9)
  21. 11d Sharp practice (9)
  22. 12d Radioactive material, Pu (9)
  23. 13d Softened (5)
  24. 14d Fillings rolled up in soft tortillas (5)
  25. 18d Final score (6)
  26. 19d Become gentler (6)
  27. 22d Cooking fat (4)
  28. 23d Eighth-century king of Mercia (4)