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  1. 1a Timekeeper (9)
  2. 8a Serious player? (4)
  3. 9a Computer background (9)
  4. 10a Stunning achievement – perhaps military? (4)
  5. 13a Not long (5)
  6. 15a Ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac (6)
  7. 16a Solemnly declares (6)
  8. 17a Acid produced by exercise (6)
  9. 19a Charge (6)
  10. 20a All ____ the Watchtower, 1967 Bob Dylan song (5)
  11. 21a Checkout (4)
  12. 24a Speared vegetable (9)
  13. 25a Strip of old wall? (4)
  14. 26a Woodland home? (4,5)
  15. 2d People who work and play together (4)
  16. 3d Influence (4)
  17. 4d Lack of interest (6)
  18. 5d Toast – US sitcom (6)
  19. 6d Car or gun (9)
  20. 7d MOT copies (anag) – made of different parts (9)
  21. 11d Polite chitchat (5,4)
  22. 12d Protect with a vaccine (9)
  23. 13d Pigment derived from cuttlefish (5)
  24. 14d Pluck a guitar string (5)
  25. 18d More intimate (6)
  26. 19d Natural (6)
  27. 22d One way to stop a fight? (4)
  28. 23d Timid type (4)