ACROSS
1 Objection with pressure losing initial support (8) BUTTRESS {BUT}{
5 Pair with one child in place of captivity (6) PRISON {PR}{1}{SON}
9 Satisfied about arrangement of nice easy job (8) SINECURE {S{NICE*}URE}
10 Parts of barrels, tons in stores (6) STAVES {S{T}AVES}
12 Put down narrative poem (3) LAY [DD]
13 Revolutionary book in harmony with a line that's cool (11) UNEMOTIONAL {UN{TOME<=}ION}{A}{L}
14 Shout by old man in stand, great for football club (7,6) CRYSTAL PALACE {CRY}{STAL{PA}L}{ACE}
17 Complete reconstruction of barn to do with farm (4-3-6) ROOT-AND-BRANCH {BARN+TO+DO}*{RANCH}
21 Contrast in excellence (11) DISTINCTION [DD]
22 Speak softly? Successful move in hearing (3) COO (~coup)
23 Beginning to rig inquiry partially (6) ORIGIN [T]
24 Vibrant instinct reflected in angry speech (8) RESONANT {R{NOSE<=}ANT}
25 Cheers ruler is receiving (6) TAKING {TA}{KING}
26 Alienate sergeant in disorder (8) ESTRANGE*
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1 Church building I left, entering unadorned area (8) BASILICA {BAS{I}{L}IC}{A}
2 Plant becomes brown and crinkly, finally (5) TANSY {TANS}{
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3 Describe requirement after close vote (7) RECOUNT [DD]
4 Call universe complicated, making observation (12) SURVEILLANCE*
6 Temperature wrong in most of actual wine (7) RETSINA {RE{T}{SIN}A
7 Number watched gripping episode (9) SEVENTEEN {S{EVENT}EEN}
8 Edges of notice, somewhat loose, curl up (6) NESTLE {N
11 Mock actor's words about struggle with singular lack of courage (12) COWARDLINESS {CO{WAR}D}{LINES}{S}
15 Standard criticism after cart overturned (9) YARDSTICK {DRAY<=}{STICK}
16 Device controlling engine's power in time, hot and dry in part (8) THROTTLE {T}{H}{RO{TT}LE}
18 Work, fashionable one concerning belief (7) OPINION {OP}{IN}{1}{ON}
19 Conducted tribunal without ending bitterness (7) RANCOUR {RAN}{COUR
20 Run into trouble, then appeal? That's clever (6) ADROIT {AD{R}O}{IT}
22 Series about hospital patient with odd parts omitted (5) CHAIN {C}{H}{
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