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  1. 1 a Personification of winter weather (4,5)
  2. 8 a Japanese form of wrestling (4)
  3. 9 a One of the four provinces of South Africa from 1910 to 1994 (9)
  4. 10 a Aromatic plant used in cookery (4)
  5. 13 a Precipice (5)
  6. 15 a Chess piece (6)
  7. 16 a Sentimental (like wet snow?) (6)
  8. 17 a Aromatic seed used in cookery (6)
  9. 19 a Headgear (from Central America?) (6)
  10. 20 a Defy (5)
  11. 21 a Lie in wait (4)
  12. 24 a Vertical supporting post (9)
  13. 25 a The wit one was born with! (4)
  14. 26 a Gloss over (9)
  15. 2 d Israeli port, last city held by the Crusaders until 1291 (4)
  16. 3 d Chess piece (4)
  17. 4 d Provoke disgust (6)
  18. 5 d County, home to Alton Towers (abbr) (6)
  19. 6 d Household name in Tinseltown? (9)
  20. 7 d Headgear (for ranchers?) (6,3)
  21. 11 d Pinchpenny (9)
  22. 12 d Big turtle (anag) (9)
  23. 13 d Main (5)
  24. 14 d Move lightly, as if suspended (5)
  25. 18 d Unexpected setback (6)
  26. 19 d Small basketful of fruit (6)
  27. 22 d Irish playwright, d. 1950 (4)
  28. 23 d 13 down (4)

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