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  1. 1 a Steak cut from between the ribs (9)
  2. 8 a Therefore (4)
  3. 9 a Reggae singer, guitarist and songwriter, d. 1981 (3,6)
  4. 10 a Retained (4)
  5. 13 a Beginning (5)
  6. 15 a About 3,500,000 square miles of Africa (6)
  7. 16 a Team sport, informally (6)
  8. 17 a Sir Frederick __ , choreographer, d. 1988 (6)
  9. 19 a Predicament (6)
  10. 20 a Blue-blooded (5)
  11. 21 a Head (slang) — be a slacker (4)
  12. 24 a Finished (9)
  13. 25 a Native wit (4)
  14. 26 a Toiletry product (9)
  15. 2 d Gas — light (4)
  16. 3 d City not built in a day (4)
  17. 4 d Ring round the sun or moon (6)
  18. 5 d Sway, as if about to fall (6)
  19. 6 d Variety of plum (9)
  20. 7 d Postgraduate degree (9)
  21. 11 d Attacker (9)
  22. 12 d Mexican state — breed of dog (9)
  23. 13 d Synthetic acrylic fibre (5)
  24. 14 d Fine net fabric (5)
  25. 18 d Like a dead parrot? (2,4)
  26. 19 d Situated (6)
  27. 22 d Soft regional accent (4)
  28. 23 d Spiteful — excellent (slang) (4)

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