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Across
1 A French Riviera port that includes Juan les Pins (7)
5 See 11
9 Coral reef surrounding a lagoon (5)
10 Carniverous amphibian — 'Mississippi' or 'Chinese' (9)
11/5 Herding animal slaughtered almost to extinction (8,7)
12 Wooden shoes once worn by European peasants (6)
14 Twin-hulled boat (9)
16 A South African stockade (5)
18 French spa town on southern shore of Lake Geneva (5)
20 Northern Egyptian desert location of two WW2 battles (2,7)
22 Hispanic US resident (6)
23 Precipitation of atmospheric pollution (4,4)
26 Doomed Dardanelles venture produces Georgia oil spill - pointless, awful (9)
27 Could be bath, deck, high, swivel, etc. (5)
28 Westernmost republic of the bulge of West Africa (7)
29 French theologian and devoted lover of Heloise (7)
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Down
1 Not the sort of rapid descent welcomed by skiers! (9)
2 Treasure store (5)
3 NW European kingdom (7)
4 British vertical take-off fighter plane (3,7)
5 Island just east of Java (4)
6 Dense mass of sea mist resembling land from a distance (3-4)
7 Old navigational instrument, forerunner of the sextant (9)
8 Mythical, hideous giants (5)
13 Fifth largest of the world's continents (10)
15 Endurance test, involving swimming, cycling and running (9)
17 Its name has now reverted to St Petersburg (9)
19 City of China whose name means 'southern capital' (7)
21 Department and river of the Rhône-Alpes region (7)
22 Largest Nigerian city (5)
24 A gulf on northeastern arm of the Red Sea (5)
25 Fossil fuel (4)
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