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  1. 1a A game of one? (9)
  2. 8a Tiny creature (4)
  3. 9a Van Gogh's Chair, for example (5,4)
  4. 10a Singer Lynn — fashion designer Wang (4)
  5. 13a Billie Holiday's 1939 protest song about lynching, Strange ___ (5)
  6. 15a Harvesting tool with a curved blade (6)
  7. 16a Roman goddess of the dawn (6)
  8. 17a Pilot (6)
  9. 19a Writing or drawing instrument (6)
  10. 20a Instructor (5)
  11. 21a Coy (4)
  12. 24a Punch-up (4,5)
  13. 25a Rowing boat's propellers (4)
  14. 26a Unwise (9)
  15. 2d Swear word (4)
  16. 3d To no purpose (4)
  17. 4d Fascination (6)
  18. 5d Palm leaf fibre (6)
  19. 6d Vital power (4,5)
  20. 7d Open to discussion (9)
  21. 11d It takes you up and down a building — or a castle (anag) (9)
  22. 12d Player's tally (9)
  23. 13d Buoyant object (5)
  24. 14d Potato or yam? (5)
  25. 18d Belief that it's best to bare all! (6)
  26. 19d Bill (6)
  27. 22d Soft — not bitter (4)
  28. 23d Keep it up when life's tough (4)