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  1. 1 a Face-to-face with (2,7)
  2. 8 a Fourth planet from the sun (4)
  3. 9 a Dug up (9)
  4. 10 a Painter, Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate a Second Before Awakening (4)
  5. 13 a Ovine constellation (5)
  6. 15 a Opening period (4-2)
  7. 16 a Cease’s counterpart (6)
  8. 17 a Figure ___ (6)
  9. 19 a Old-fashioned term meaning to find a radio or TV broadcast (4,2)
  10. 20 a Hindu queen also spelled with an ‘i’ (5)
  11. 21 a Bird – bar – banter (4)
  12. 24 a Pertaining to buccaneers (9)
  13. 25 a Lion King baddie – injury reminder (4)
  14. 26 a Pollinate, perhaps (9)
  15. 2 d Glazier’s unit (4)
  16. 3 d Tennis’s Steffi (4)
  17. 4 d One after another (2,4)
  18. 5 d ___ prunes – inebriated (6)
  19. 6 d Organisms living on or in others (9)
  20. 7 d This person is here to help (9)
  21. 11 d Losers’ hub (anag) – pink bloom (5-4)
  22. 12 d There’s a Good one in the bible (9)
  23. 13 d Qualified first-___ (5)
  24. 14 d Transition from one piece of music to another (5)
  25. 18 d Steep-sided valley (6)
  26. 19 d Rent-payer (6)
  27. 22 d Pickling herb (4)
  28. 23 d The Lovely ___ o’ Inverness (Burns) (4)

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