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  1. 1 a Timekeeper (9)
  2. 8 a Serious player? (4)
  3. 9 a Computer background (9)
  4. 10 a Stunning achievement – perhaps military? (4)
  5. 13 a Not long (5)
  6. 15 a Ninth sign of the Chinese zodiac (6)
  7. 16 a Solemnly declares (6)
  8. 17 a Acid produced by exercise (6)
  9. 19 a Charge (6)
  10. 20 a All ____ the Watchtower, 1967 Bob Dylan song (5)
  11. 21 a Checkout (4)
  12. 24 a Speared vegetable (9)
  13. 25 a Strip of old wall? (4)
  14. 26 a Woodland home? (4,5)
  15. 2 d People who work and play together (4)
  16. 3 d Influence (4)
  17. 4 d Lack of interest (6)
  18. 5 d Toast – US sitcom (6)
  19. 6 d Car or gun (9)
  20. 7 d MOT copies (anag) – made of different parts (9)
  21. 11 d Polite chitchat (5,4)
  22. 12 d Protect with a vaccine (9)
  23. 13 d Pigment derived from cuttlefish (5)
  24. 14 d Pluck a guitar string (5)
  25. 18 d More intimate (6)
  26. 19 d Natural (6)
  27. 22 d One way to stop a fight? (4)
  28. 23 d Timid type (4)

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