No 2714, Sunday 25 Nov 12

ACROSS
1   - Ruling party millions elected at home on third of August (10)  - DOMINATING {DO}{M}{IN}{AT}{IN}{G}
6   - Better, deleting the last letter in the last word (4)  - AMEN AMENd
9   - Reproduction of sound in car with disc on (5)  - AUDIO {AUDI}{O}
10 - Crooks ruined top firm (4-5)  - ROCK-SOLID {ROCK-SO*}{LID}
12 - Siren in stories, the French one (7)  - LORELEI {LORE}{LE}{1}
13 - Man sees slack in a body (2,5)  - EN MASSE*
14 - Cocktails and mixed gins at either side of Pearl, so drunk (9,6)  - SINGAPORE SLINGS {GINS*}{PEARL SO*}{GINS*}

17 - I'm Toby, cranky and eccentric, opposing local development (3,2,2,4,4)  - NOT IN MY BACK YARD*
20 - Large pub in capital (7)  - TALLINN {TALL}{INN}
22 - Three-pronged spear I'd found in English river (7)  - TRIDENT {TR{I'D}ENT}
23 - Material girl (9)  - GEORGETTE [DD]
24 - Port of Omaha, if asked (5)  - HAIFA [T]
25 - Travel free by Tube, ultimately (4)  - RIDE {RID}{E}
26 - Didn't let on in park, kitted out (4,2,4)  - KEPT IT DARK*

DOWN
1   - Unerring on square, batting with pride? (6,3)  - DEADLY SIN {DEADLY} {S}{IN}
2   - Position for cricketer around Irish golf club (7)  - MIDIRON {MID{IR}ON}
3   - Somewhat unattractive description of a watercolour? (2,3,8)  - NO OIL PAINTING [CD]
4   - Awful riot described by boy in region (9)  - TERRITORY {TER{RIOT*}RY}
5   - Particularly suitable position of hotel in French resort (5)  - NICHE {NIC{H}E}
7   - Curse married girl (7)  - MALISON {M}{ALISON}
8   - Glass initially embedded in exposed elbow (5)  - NUDGE {NUD{G}E}
11 - Film title shook me badly, I admitted (4,4,2,3)  - SOME LIKE IT HOT {SOME LIKE {I}T HOT*}

15 - Command performance (9)  -  ENACTMENT [DD]
16 - Distract team on course (9)  - SIDETRACK {SIDE}{TRACK}
18 - Part of motel (for drivers) in a Shropshire town (7)  - TELFORD [T]
19 - A maiden, girl in West Side Story song (7)  - AMERICA {A}{M}{ERICA}

20 - Row about golf and golfer? (5) - TIGER {TI{G}ER}
21 - Fool about with saltpetre (5) - NITRE {NIT}{RE}

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