Five of a kind (including two of two words) can be derived from the letters of 26/27, 40/41, 46/47, 3/34 and 10/39 (all real words). 32/12D suggests mispronounced praise of the theme. Elsewhere, ignore an accent.
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1 Soldiers drill in circle (5)
5 Knave less than chaste (3)
8 Rude Rastaman ignoring Mr T’s yoga pose (5)
12 Examiner Jeremiah shortened question (7)
13 Last old engineers preserving Troy (7)
14 Snakes go grey around central Assam (5)
16 Some clod I’m with? (6)
18 Fine Caledonian island they say (5)
19 Scot in a reel? (3)
22 Miserable Denis missing Italy yells for ever (9)
23 ...
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