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  1. 1 a Challenging (9)
  2. 8 a Irish county — salad cream (4)
  3. 9 a Enduring courage (9)
  4. 10 a Swirling current (4)
  5. 13 a Sound like a cat (5)
  6. 15 a Situation causing delay (6)
  7. 16 a Spectre (6)
  8. 17 a Maker of knives etc (6)
  9. 19 a Quick temper — spite (6)
  10. 20 a The people (Greek) (5)
  11. 21 a Convent residents (4)
  12. 24 a German air force (9)
  13. 25 a Disorderly retreat (4)
  14. 26 a Unable to hear at all (5,4)
  15. 2 d Press (4)
  16. 3 d Seizures (4)
  17. 4 d Herb of the mint family, attractive to some pets (6)
  18. 5 d Shropshire market town (6)
  19. 6 d Dickens novel (4,5)
  20. 7 d Packaging material — telephony (anag) (9)
  21. 11 d Sharp practice (9)
  22. 12 d Radioactive material, Pu (9)
  23. 13 d Softened (5)
  24. 14 d Fillings rolled up in soft tortillas (5)
  25. 18 d Final score (6)
  26. 19 d Become gentler (6)
  27. 22 d Cooking fat (4)
  28. 23 d Eighth-century king of Mercia (4)

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