6. Transparency (7)
7. Streets (5)
9. Male deer (4)
10. Supplying water to dry land (10)
11. A socially awkward or tactless act (8)
13. Conundrum (6)
15. Russian emperor (4)
17. Incentive (5)
18. Hue (4)
19. Preaching (6)
20. Monument (8)
23. Gauntness (10)
26. Stop for a horse (4)
27. Australian wild dog (5)
28. An artless innocent young girl (7)
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1. Tympani (10)
2. American elk (6)
3. Dread (4)
4. Advancement (8)
5. Where the sun rises (4)
6. San Antonio fort (5)
8. Frosty was one (7)
12. Half note (5)
14. Interlace (10)
16. Originated in (7)
17. A small house with a single storey (8)
21. Handle effectively (6)
22. An obsolete name for nitrogen (5)
24. Copper (4)
25. Nile bird (4)