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

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