1 Most meager (9)
6 Force forward (5)
9 Door-to-door seller (7)
10 Corroding (7)
11 Repository (7)
12 Official emissaries (7)
13 Pasta (9)
15 Latin for "Earth" (5)
16 Pertaining to cities (5)
19 "Tobacco sticks" (9)
22 An officer of the court (7)
23 Large brown seed of a certain palm tree (7)
25 Inner spirit (7)
26 Electrically-powered body parts (7)
27 Furze (5)
28 Prolonged unfulfilled desires (9)
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1 Reddish brown (5)
2 Distinctive marks (7)
3 Diabolical (7)
4 Strange or spooky (5)
5 Exciting (9)
6 Deep perception (7)
7 Cursor (7)
8 Make laws (9)
13 Staggering (9)
14 In a discreet manner (9)
17 Blinkers (7)
18 Lack of sophistication (7)
20 A nocturnal American mammal (7)
21 Stress (7)
23 Asp (5)
24 Examinations (5)