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  1. 1 a Tired utterance (9)
  2. 8 a French elegance (4)
  3. 9 a Short-lived (9)
  4. 10 a French place (4)
  5. 13 a Heroin (slang) (5)
  6. 15 a Disturbing individual (6)
  7. 16 a Fired (6)
  8. 17 a Showing courage (6)
  9. 19 a Enter and rob (6)
  10. 20 a Present the main points concisely (3,2)
  11. 21 a Villain who tricked Othello into murdering Desdemona (4)
  12. 24 a Relating to bishops (9)
  13. 25 a 1965 Wilson Pickett song, In the Midnight ___ (4)
  14. 26 a Unable to get up (9)
  15. 2 d Deceptive utterances (4)
  16. 3 d Misprint (4)
  17. 4 d Sluggishness (6)
  18. 5 d Force (6)
  19. 6 d Reduction in size (9)
  20. 7 d Uncle's rod (anag) — a bad lot (9)
  21. 11 d Before takeoff (3-6)
  22. 12 d Large vessel that people drink from in turn at a feast (6,3)
  23. 13 d English county (abbr) (5)
  24. 14 d Consume (food, resources, time) (3,2)
  25. 18 d Young upwardly mobile professional person (6)
  26. 19 d College treasurer (6)
  27. 22 d Affectionate (4)
  28. 23 d Get on (well or badly?) (4)

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