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  1. 1a First meal (at Tiffany's?) (9)
  2. 8a Gentlewoman (4)
  3. 9a Greek equivalent of the Roman goddess Venus (9)
  4. 10a Furnace for firing bricks (4)
  5. 13a Neck and neck (5)
  6. 15a Iterate (6)
  7. 16a Gypsy (6)
  8. 17a Pluto, for example (6)
  9. 19a Cricketers' almanac (6)
  10. 20a Footwear (5)
  11. 21a Code word for G (4)
  12. 24a Very bright — sparkling (9)
  13. 25a Armoured fighting vehicle on caterpillar tracks (4)
  14. 26a Red food dye (9)
  15. 2d Ecstatic — engrossed (4)
  16. 3d Israeli port city (4)
  17. 4d Gifted (anag) (6)
  18. 5d One posing for a portrait (6)
  19. 6d 'Squashed fly' biscuit (9)
  20. 7d North Korean capital (9)
  21. 11d Spread widely — broadcast (9)
  22. 12d Atrocious (9)
  23. 13d Meres (5)
  24. 14d American world heavyweight boxing champion for 12 years, d. 1981 (5)
  25. 18d Most northerly town on the Scottish mainland (6)
  26. 19d Riches (6)
  27. 22d Write one's name (4)
  28. 23d Pavlova or Karenina (4)