Across
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8City in Arabic translated as "Italian boot" (8)
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9, 26Drug-taking composer greeting American-style rock group drained of energy, forming another band (5,4)
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10, 23Kind doctor Rex with line in old-fashioned salutation (4,6)
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11Shakes off visitor ban (10)
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12"Straits" can be heard (6)
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14Bean collected by Rose and checked (8)
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16Round variety of raisin associated with a deity (7)
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18Seaside plant's unvarying energy (7)
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21Velocity regulator using gravitational force in preference to negative resistance (8)
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23See 10
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24Crude African oil which has a major fault (10)
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26See 9
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27Tom 26, possibly, wants retro outfit with hollowed lapels (5)
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28It's a mark around small tree (8)
Down
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1Insubstantial state, not watertight (8)
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2, 26Exposed, ring up lawyers, having reached end of line (4,4)
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3English writer's drink (6)
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4Major character of Shaw, one introduced by two snatches of music (7)
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5Coptic bishop books into mutual help organisation (4)
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6Goliath, ear-bending a saint worshipper (10)
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7Risk a section of the church abandoning Latin (6)
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13Axon displays cool courage taking roughage (5,5)
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15Fit revolving stage after lead's made an exit (3)
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17Old foreign coin without a name (3)
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19Tipless battleaxe is my creative way of unfairly favouring allies (8)
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20Rock group's No 1 passed onto Italian earl (7)
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22Zip attached to cooker shade (6)
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23End up restricting Sam's development, creating a bad atmosphere (6)
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25City's abbreviated text breaking agreement (4)
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26See 2