The unclued lights (one of two words), correctly paired, are of a kind and are defective in the same way. Elsewhere, ignore an accent.
Across
1 Indecision of poet shortly to tour America (8)
5 A band restrains it likewise (6, two words)
14 Judge half a fool (3)
16 Shrewd to capture rook in tight opening (6)
18 Fold in applicant’s heart (5)
20 Accumulate leave, by the way (7)
24 To put it another way, some drank, but the … (7)
25 Slip at intervals in fear or worry (5)
26 Increase...
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