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  1. 1a Personification of winter weather (4,5)
  2. 8a Japanese form of wrestling (4)
  3. 9a One of the four provinces of South Africa from 1910 to 1994 (9)
  4. 10a Aromatic plant used in cookery (4)
  5. 13a Precipice (5)
  6. 15a Chess piece (6)
  7. 16a Sentimental (like wet snow?) (6)
  8. 17a Aromatic seed used in cookery (6)
  9. 19a Headgear (from Central America?) (6)
  10. 20a Defy (5)
  11. 21a Lie in wait (4)
  12. 24a Vertical supporting post (9)
  13. 25a The wit one was born with! (4)
  14. 26a Gloss over (9)
  15. 2d Israeli port, last city held by the Crusaders until 1291 (4)
  16. 3d Chess piece (4)
  17. 4d Provoke disgust (6)
  18. 5d County, home to Alton Towers (abbr) (6)
  19. 6d Household name in Tinseltown? (9)
  20. 7d Headgear (for ranchers?) (6,3)
  21. 11d Pinchpenny (9)
  22. 12d Big turtle (anag) (9)
  23. 13d Main (5)
  24. 14d Move lightly, as if suspended (5)
  25. 18d Unexpected setback (6)
  26. 19d Small basketful of fruit (6)
  27. 22d Irish playwright, d. 1950 (4)
  28. 23d 13 down (4)