Special, Sunday 8 Jul 2018, Bruno

Three answers per commenter as usual till 6 PM (Annotations to be compulsorily provide)
Please submit all your answers in one comment.

ACROSS
7    Secret rule - IT or bust (8)
9    One could be on a lectern or on a peak (6)
10  Auditor’s taste of data (4)
11  Winter’s trail? (4,6)
12  Most of research scribbled with back end of pencil? (6)
14  State privatising criminal setup, regularly let off (8)
15  Mill, around start of October, gets overwhelmed by volume from America (6)
16  Doctor’s rule: John must quit dirty job (6)
19  Accused criminal engaged top lawyer to create impasse (3-2-3)
21  Tout gets hot tourist to take top off (6)
23  A Royal’s living in abode mostly constructed with salt (6,4)
24  Lot of rich take drug (4)
25  After USSR broke up, eastern half in Asia became this country (6)
26  General and sepoy on vacation shoot Indian crocodile in the head (8)

DOWN
1    President and film-actor (6)
2    Present husband used to be top in wood-chopping (4)
3    Military unit’s operation room was located between fairground and church (3-5)
4    Thief runs after boy wearing gown (6)
5    Furniture somehow emptied to accommodate Indian spinner’s  party (4-6)
6    Setter’s beginning to enjoy following new cartoon coming up around middle of day (8)
8    Once more, experience calm after dissipation of some energy (6)
13  Longest revolution - with most fatalities -  ended; all democratic leaders were executed (10)
15  Approve a number - an opioid (8)
17  Practise last line while following girl’s turned back (8)
18  Lacrosse participants go from side to side (6)
20  Rough sailing - one tossed by wave (6)
22  Produce thread of consistent AI logic (6)
24  Unpaid charge accumulates interests essentially (4)

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Enjoy.