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  1. 1 a Expressing praise (9)
  2. 8 a Expensive (4)
  3. 9 a Lancashire seaside resort (9)
  4. 10 a Stalk (4)
  5. 13 a Stomach (5)
  6. 15 a Spasmodic (6)
  7. 16 a Merited (6)
  8. 17 a Rebellion (6)
  9. 19 a Deer's horn (6)
  10. 20 a ___ Andronicus (Shakespearean tragedy) (5)
  11. 21 a Rear — female deer (4)
  12. 24 a Rise rapidly (9)
  13. 25 a High ___ (1952 Western with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly) (4)
  14. 26 a Racing dog (9)
  15. 2 d Nautical hail (4)
  16. 3 d Sea (literarily speaking) (4)
  17. 4 d Go from place to place (6)
  18. 5 d Fragments of stone, brick etc (6)
  19. 6 d Four-sided figure (9)
  20. 7 d Arabian camel (9)
  21. 11 d Had no fear (anag) — in advance (9)
  22. 12 d Treasure Island author (9)
  23. 13 d Constructed (5)
  24. 14 d Tales (5)
  25. 18 d Itinerant who once mended pots and pans (6)
  26. 19 d ___ Beardsley, exotic English book illustrator, d. 1898 aged 25 (6)
  27. 22 d Mountain nymph spurned by Narcissus (4)
  28. 23 d Observed (4)

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