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  1. 1a Expressing praise (9)
  2. 8a Expensive (4)
  3. 9a Lancashire seaside resort (9)
  4. 10a Stalk (4)
  5. 13a Stomach (5)
  6. 15a Spasmodic (6)
  7. 16a Merited (6)
  8. 17a Rebellion (6)
  9. 19a Deer's horn (6)
  10. 20a ___ Andronicus (Shakespearean tragedy) (5)
  11. 21a Rear — female deer (4)
  12. 24a Rise rapidly (9)
  13. 25a High ___ (1952 Western with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly) (4)
  14. 26a Racing dog (9)
  15. 2d Nautical hail (4)
  16. 3d Sea (literarily speaking) (4)
  17. 4d Go from place to place (6)
  18. 5d Fragments of stone, brick etc (6)
  19. 6d Four-sided figure (9)
  20. 7d Arabian camel (9)
  21. 11d Had no fear (anag) — in advance (9)
  22. 12d Treasure Island author (9)
  23. 13d Constructed (5)
  24. 14d Tales (5)
  25. 18d Itinerant who once mended pots and pans (6)
  26. 19d ___ Beardsley, exotic English book illustrator, d. 1898 aged 25 (6)
  27. 22d Mountain nymph spurned by Narcissus (4)
  28. 23d Observed (4)