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2d. Like dingy rose to be deadheaded (5)
??r?d

12a. Use axe endlessly to cut plant (5)
E?e??

26a....about to break heart of lonely duck (4)
N?n?
None? Don't see why.

A duck is zero in cricket.

2d (s)oared?

0n (about) inside 'ne'. middle letters of lonely.

12a - exert - axe without the end letters in a (very big) plant - and I think the word "back" is missing from the end of the clue.

2d - I would have spelled it "dinghy" in the clue

If you haven't solved 1a yet think snakes and brag.

Thanks Nodrog, I did indeed miss out the 'back' from 12a. Apologies to all.
I had thought of the answer to 1a and the 'o' confirms it