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  1. 1 a Garrulous (9)
  2. 8 a Kind of chicken dish (4)
  3. 9 a Bloom of youth (5,4)
  4. 10 a Distinctive style or manner (4)
  5. 13 a Hit hard (5)
  6. 15 a Having an immediate impact (6)
  7. 16 a Blue (6)
  8. 17 a Bitter (6)
  9. 19 a Announce (6)
  10. 20 a Part of a device that goes round (5)
  11. 21 a Set down carefully to a plan (4)
  12. 24 a Boon (9)
  13. 25 a Word that can be proper or common (4)
  14. 26 a Sweet variety of plum (9)
  15. 2 d Just open (4)
  16. 3 d Title given to important people like Genghis (4)
  17. 4 d Very small (6)
  18. 5 d Peeping Tom? (6)
  19. 6 d Police department concerned with gambling, narcotics, pornography etc (4,5)
  20. 7 d Pre-prepared for baking? (4-5)
  21. 11 d Truly dreadful (9)
  22. 12 d Done in a subtle, but harmful, way (9)
  23. 13 d Seat for one (5)
  24. 14 d Ferocious person (5)
  25. 18 d Breed of vulture — no cord (anag) (6)
  26. 19 d Respect shown publicly (6)
  27. 22 d Antlered male (4)
  28. 23 d Excited and curious (4)

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