No 12525, Thursday 17 Jan 2019, Buzzer

ACROSS
1   Variety in clueing often is bending and bowing (12) GENUFLECTION*
8   Most of publisher's book description is smear (4) BLUR Anno pending (Addendum - BLURb - See comments)
9   Discover heavenly body with green light right away (4,2,4) COME TO KNOW {COMET}{OK}{NOW}
11 Up-to-date comedian a success (4-2) WITH-IT {WIT}{HIT}
12 Crazy about sell-off they have nothing in their possession (4,4) NULL SETS {NU{SELL*}TS}
14 Attributes of born-again Indian (4) NAGA [T]
16 English cricketer won good contest after batting with only tail (1,1,5) W G GRACE {W}{G}{b...nG}{RACE}

18 Sound from TV describing catch (7) TENABLE {TE{NAB}LE}
19 Foolish one dropping off in jacket (4) JERK JERKin
22 Custom length, about right for mini vehicle (5,3) MODEL CAR {MODEL}{CA}{R} (Correction - {MODE}{L} {CA}{R} - See comments)
23 Settling on a loveless endless routine (2,1,3) IN A RUT {RoUTINe}* over {A} &lit
24 Bowled with urgency finding an edge to dismiss (5,5) BRUSH ASIDE {B}{RUSH}{A}{SIDE}
26 Unit showing resistance to the end, hardly that's a surprise (2,2) OH MY {OHM}{h...lY}
27 Those with ticks kept at arm's length? (5,7) WRIST WATCHES [CD]

DOWN
2   Elements of fear, then war engulfing Terracotta? (11) EARTHENWARE [T]
3   Oh no, uncouth and rough (5) UNCUT UNCoUTh
4   Monsieur tends to embrace French city (2,4) LE MANS {LE{M}ANS}
5   To crack a clue got a checklist? (9) CATALOGUE*
6   Kind of dairy product needing no introduction (3) ILK mILK
7   Comprehensive career with neither start nor end in sight (3-2) ALL-IN {cALLINg}
10 Scientific study of light and time down to three subject matters (6) OPTICS (-t)OP(+t)TICS
13 Assume snappy attitude to speaker is unusual (6,1,4) STRIKE A POSE*
15 German antique figure found around a tourist city (4,5) GOLD COAST {G}{OLD}{CO{A}ST} Buzzer's residence
17 Take in with gusto Kapil of India (6) DEVOUR {DEV}{OUR}
20 Three upcoming art houses OK screening international (6) TROIKA {TR{O{I}K}A<=}
21 Singular card game like an intoxicating drink (5) RUMMY [DD]
23 Intestinal fortitude essentially on field leading to century (5) ILEAC {f..tIt..e}{LEA}{C}
25 Honorific sure is used frequently (3) SRI {SuRe+Is}

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