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  1. 1 a Please wait a second! (3,6)
  2. 8 a Disgusting (4)
  3. 9 a Negative vote to veto (9)
  4. 10 a Stupid person (4)
  5. 13 a The King (5)
  6. 15 a Three times as many (6)
  7. 16 a Protein produced by cells that acts as a biochemical catalyst (6)
  8. 17 a Person who fails to cancel — who's on (anag) (2-4)
  9. 19 a Group of performers (6)
  10. 20 a Fresh (5)
  11. 21 a Accepted standard of behaviour (4)
  12. 24 a Left — dissolute (9)
  13. 25 a Rich soil of sand and clay (4)
  14. 26 a Shallow bowl used to culture bacteria — priest hid (anag) (5,4)
  15. 2 d Having the value zero — void (4)
  16. 3 d Filth (4)
  17. 4 d Telephone (6)
  18. 5 d See 6
  19. 6 d On no account (3,2,4,6)
  20. 7 d Squashed (9)
  21. 11 d Obliquely (2,2,5)
  22. 12 d Counterpane (9)
  23. 13 d First name of singer/songwriter born Reginald Dwight in 1947 (5)
  24. 14 d Tangle (5)
  25. 18 d Sway unsteadily (6)
  26. 19 d Bank note (6)
  27. 22 d Grip (4)
  28. 23 d Large edible mushrooms (4)

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