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1 Salesman’s glib speech (6) 4 Former Greek currency (7) 10 New Stone Age (9) 11 Long musical note (5) 12 Get in touch with (7) 13 Longest river in China (7) 14 Soft leather (5)

15 Blizzard (9)

17 Temple on the Acropolis at Athens (9)

19 Mistake (5)

21 Garbage (7)

23 Former student of a university (7)

25 Floral symbol of the Netherlands (5)

26 Republic surrounded by Italy (3,6)

27 Kind of West Indian music (7)

28 Tie to a stake (6)

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1 Sudden, overwhelming terror (5)

2 Defeat utterly (7)

3 Queen since 1952 (9) 5 Chain of North American peaks (5,9)

6 Room on a ship (5) 7 Musical master (7) 8 Process where plants use energy from light to make carbohydrates (14)

9 Saviour (8) 14 Unconnected (8) 16 Conjecture, theorise (9) 18 German measles (7) 20 Stunted, dwarfish (7) 22 Insinuate (5)

24 Scrub (5)