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1 Reptile expert (13)

10 Woman’s short-like garment (7)

11 Breach of law (7)

12 Society dominated by women (10)

13 Rank, level (4)

15 Whinny (6)

17 Disaffect, estrange (8)

19 Seasickness (3,2,3)

20 Incite (6)

23 Noisy (4)

24 One who avoids work by feigning illness (10)

27 Apparent, obvious (7)

28 Dawn (7)

29 Marked area for pedestrians to traverse a street (5,8)

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2 Build, construct (5)

3 Favoured by special benefits (10)

4 Hypothesis (6)

5 Means of evading a contract or law (8)

6 Present (4)

7 Consortium (9)

8 Mental acuteness, discernment (6)

9 Funeral vehicle (6)

14 Personal possessions (10)

16 Lumpy fat deposits on the thighs (9)

18 Nit-picking (8)

19 Wooden hammer (6)

21 Domesticated fowl (6)

22 Humiliating failure (6)

25 Period on the throne (5) 26 Squint (4)