Complete
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  1. 1a Oratorio on a sacred theme (7)
  2. 8a Pull out (of a race) (7)
  3. 9a Action to inflate one's sense of self-importance (3,4)
  4. 10a Made certain (7)
  5. 11a Ceasing to function (5)
  6. 13a Retire to bed (informal) (3,3,3)
  7. 15a Nonconformist (3,3,3)
  8. 18a Clips around the ear (5)
  9. 21a Italian dish (7)
  10. 22a Prince of Monaco, married to Grace Kelly, d. 2005 (7)
  11. 23a Liquorice flavouring — ie Danes (anag) (7)
  12. 24a Silk fabric (7)
  13. 1d System of beliefs (5)
  14. 2d Girl's name — I moan (anag) (5)
  15. 3d Vertically (2,5,6)
  16. 4d Visual effect (6)
  17. 5d Sets of parallel lines providing shading in drawing (5-8)
  18. 6d Charts (anag) — formality (6)
  19. 7d Cheap and nasty (6)
  20. 12d Three feet (4)
  21. 14d Expression of incredulity (2,2)
  22. 15d Person involved with crude (6)
  23. 16d Condense (6)
  24. 17d Cook too much (6)
  25. 19d Pretend (5)
  26. 20d Middle Eastern country (5)