The unclued lights (one of two words, and the remainder when paired correctly) are of a kind, verifiable in Brewer. Ignore two apostrophes.
Across
7 Scottish seagull’s gullet (3)
13 Pull back leading troops president recalled (7)
15 Chocolate powder run over in taxi (5)
16 Overwhelmed, Laura was hampered a bit (5)
17 Reporters on Daily Record ignoring first workers’ home (6)
18 Biden, injured, is laid up (2,3)
21 Australia’s Finch from bazaar, going regularly (5)
22 What those in agreement are of the same view (3,4)
27 Coarse fellow admits nothing’s right.

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