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  1. 1 a Pre-assembled (5-4)
  2. 8 a Prepare for Prue Leith, perhaps (4)
  3. 9 a Cloak-and-dagger operations (9)
  4. 10 a Omit – cavort (4)
  5. 13 a Meh (5)
  6. 15 a Like some swimming pools (6)
  7. 16 a Cash cow (6)
  8. 17 a Ban – one like 7d (6)
  9. 19 a Additional (6)
  10. 20 a Leaves for lunch? (5)
  11. 21 a Bathroom powder (4)
  12. 24 a As it were (2,2,5)
  13. 25 a Alight – obtain – property (4)
  14. 26 a Showing shoulders (9)
  15. 2 d The life of Riley (4)
  16. 3 d Supporter of the throne? (4)
  17. 4 d Coined – in the money! (6)
  18. 5 d AKA bow-wow (6)
  19. 6 d Bafta-winning Katherine – or napkins (anag) (9)
  20. 7 d Pseudo-Spanish word for a bandit (9)
  21. 11 d In a husky manner (9)
  22. 12 d Desolate milieu (9)
  23. 13 d State, setting for Rio Bravo and Hud (5)
  24. 14 d Went out with – old news (5)
  25. 18 d Avant-garde (3-3)
  26. 19 d Tasty triangle (6)
  27. 22 d Amorphous mineral used as a gemstone (4)
  28. 23 d Where crane drivers operate (4)

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