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  1. 1a Open country in southern Africa (4)
  2. 3a Country in the Horn of Africa, bordering on the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden (8)
  3. 9a Elastic synthetic fabric — expands (anag) (7)
  4. 10a Lhasa's region/country (5)
  5. 11a Verdant (5)
  6. 12a On foreign shores (6)
  7. 14a Phew! (5,8)
  8. 17a Mahatma, Indira or Rajiv? (6)
  9. 19a Charming and elegant (man) (5)
  10. 22a Tear-jerking bulb (5)
  11. 23a Native of Jerusalem? (7)
  12. 24a Statuette (8)
  13. 25a Escapade (for a bird?) (4)
  14. 1d Member of the Germanic people who sacked Rome in 410 (8)
  15. 2d Time off (5)
  16. 4d Placing two things side by side (13)
  17. 5d One using teeth (5)
  18. 6d Offence (7)
  19. 7d Jot (4)
  20. 8d Polish city on the Baltic (6)
  21. 13d * (8)
  22. 15d Sensational (7)
  23. 16d Abscond — wasteland (6)
  24. 18d Giver (5)
  25. 20d Large structure for open-air events (5)
  26. 21d Bark (4)