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  1. 1 a Expectation of failure (9)
  2. 8 a Food intake (4)
  3. 9 a Internecine conflicts (5,4)
  4. 10 a Sound of something small falling into water (4)
  5. 13 a Dress up (5)
  6. 15 a Optimistic (6)
  7. 16 a Fertiliser deriving from potassium (6)
  8. 17 a Quite (6)
  9. 19 a Wilful damager of another's property (6)
  10. 20 a Interior design scheme (5)
  11. 21 a It's made of horsehair (4)
  12. 24 a Newspaper's leader? (9)
  13. 25 a Metropolis (4)
  14. 26 a Closeness (9)
  15. 2 d The Odyssey, for instance (4)
  16. 3 d Iniquity (4)
  17. 4 d Stymie (6)
  18. 5 d Steal apples from a tree on private land (6)
  19. 6 d Indoor ball game (9)
  20. 7 d Partner's offspring (9)
  21. 11 d Dominant position (9)
  22. 12 d Intransigent — beat it, son (anag) (9)
  23. 13 d Walked up and down (5)
  24. 14 d Opposite, bear or expedition? (5)
  25. 18 d Apply cement or plaster to a wall (6)
  26. 19 d Maelstrom (6)
  27. 22 d Forbidding (4)
  28. 23 d Forest tree nuts used as feed for swine (4)

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