6 A few (7)
7 Bewitched (5)
9 Tribe (4)
10 Attacks on another's territory (10)
11 Male chickens (8)
13 Encypher (6)
15 Eject from the mouth (4)
17 Natters (5)
18 Constructed (4)
19 Inexpensive lodging for travellers (6)
20 Overburden (8)
23 Not Republican (10)
26 Attractive (4)
27 Heir (5)
28 Devilish (7)
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1 Tending to vanish like vapor (10)
2 Shorttail weasel (6)
3 An alliance of countries (4)
4 Contracts to lease transportation (8)
5 Seventy-one in Roman numerals (4)
6 Genus of salmon (5)
8 Laid bare (7)
12 Bearskin (5)
14 Contented to a fault (10)
16 Deal with in a routine way (7)
17 Playing with crayons (8)
21 Arouse (6)
22 A native of Mexico (5)
24 Relating to the ear (4)
25 Chore (4)