6 What Popeye eats (7)
7 Fanatical (5)
9 Teller of untruths (4)
10 Exceptionally (10)
11 Inserting (8)
13 Candles, lanterns or bulbs (6)
15 Secure with cables (4)
17 Aromatic leaves used in cooking (5)
18 Boys (4)
19 Excretes (6)
20 Prolongs (8)
23 Vaccinates (10)
26 Genus of holly (4)
27 Not dirty (5)
28 In an unsophisticated manner (7)
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1 Refuses to acknowledge (10)
2 Traditional Japanese drama (6)
3 Fashionable (4)
4 Thorny shrubs (8)
5 A river in Spain (4)
6 Ability (5)
8 Expunged (7)
12 Young ladies (5)
14 Coats metal with zinc (10)
16 Relating to living organisms (7)
17 Annoying continually (8)
21 A yellow-and-black Eurasian finch (6)
22 Destitute (5)
24 Prompted (4)
25 A note (4)