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  1. 1 a (Said) quietly (5,4)
  2. 8 a White and salty goat or sheep cheese (4)
  3. 9 a Big blow? (9)
  4. 10 a Sell — whip (4)
  5. 13 a Lobby (5)
  6. 15 a Small chest for keeping valuables (6)
  7. 16 a Largest city in KwaZulu-Natal (6)
  8. 17 a Very warm bath (3,3)
  9. 19 a German subs (1-5)
  10. 20 a Daft (informal) (5)
  11. 21 a Bite repeatedly (4)
  12. 24 a Running nooses — link posts (anag) (9)
  13. 25 a Divisible by two (4)
  14. 26 a High-capacity transmission technique (9)
  15. 2 d Egg (4)
  16. 3 d Ankara native? (4)
  17. 4 d One coming out on top (6)
  18. 5 d Preserved (6)
  19. 6 d Sweet with a firm sugar coating (5,4)
  20. 7 d Hard grey metal, Mn (9)
  21. 11 d Sport with puck (3,6)
  22. 12 d Ready to wear (3,3,3)
  23. 13 d Bored and angry (3,2)
  24. 14 d School — game (5)
  25. 18 d Hard hat (6)
  26. 19 d Thomas More's 1516 book about life on an imaginary island (6)
  27. 22 d Prominent rounded hill (4)
  28. 23 d Astonish (4)

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