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  1. 1 a Owned up (9)
  2. 8 a Husks of cereal seeds sifted from flour (4)
  3. 9 a Continued (7,2)
  4. 10 a On this spot (4)
  5. 13 a Hold forth at length (5)
  6. 15 a Eerie (6)
  7. 16 a Wedge-shaped bone forming the back part of the pelvis (6)
  8. 17 a Rebellion (6)
  9. 19 a Fame (6)
  10. 20 a Cabs (5)
  11. 21 a Scruff of the neck (4)
  12. 24 a Pleasant (9)
  13. 25 a Coarsely ground grain (4)
  14. 26 a Artificial international language devised in 1887 (9)
  15. 2 d Sultanate on the south-east coast of the Arabian Peninsula (4)
  16. 3 d Divide into two or more branches (4)
  17. 4 d Somnolent (6)
  18. 5 d Mass departure (6)
  19. 6 d Place for actors to relax with their friends (5,4)
  20. 7 d Burial (9)
  21. 11 d Study of heavenly bodies (9)
  22. 12 d Shop early (anag) — tomfoolery (9)
  23. 13 d Strapped for cash (5)
  24. 14 d Stories (5)
  25. 18 d River flowing into the Bay of Bengal (6)
  26. 19 d Choice cut of beefsteak (6)
  27. 22 d Buddhist monk (4)
  28. 23 d Silly billy (4)

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