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  1. 1a (Said) quietly (5,4)
  2. 8a White and salty goat or sheep cheese (4)
  3. 9a Big blow? (9)
  4. 10a Sell — whip (4)
  5. 13a Lobby (5)
  6. 15a Small chest for keeping valuables (6)
  7. 16a Largest city in KwaZulu-Natal (6)
  8. 17a Very warm bath (3,3)
  9. 19a German subs (1-5)
  10. 20a Daft (informal) (5)
  11. 21a Bite repeatedly (4)
  12. 24a Running nooses — link posts (anag) (9)
  13. 25a Divisible by two (4)
  14. 26a High-capacity transmission technique (9)
  15. 2d Egg (4)
  16. 3d Ankara native? (4)
  17. 4d One coming out on top (6)
  18. 5d Preserved (6)
  19. 6d Sweet with a firm sugar coating (5,4)
  20. 7d Hard grey metal, Mn (9)
  21. 11d Sport with puck (3,6)
  22. 12d Ready to wear (3,3,3)
  23. 13d Bored and angry (3,2)
  24. 14d School — game (5)
  25. 18d Hard hat (6)
  26. 19d Thomas More's 1516 book about life on an imaginary island (6)
  27. 22d Prominent rounded hill (4)
  28. 23d Astonish (4)