The Sunday Crossword No 3032, Sunday 27 Jan 2019

ACROSS
1   Decide length, cutting piece of cake (6) CLINCH {C{L}INCH}
4   Dash about, beset by mass hatred (7) MODICUM {M}{ODI{C}UM}
9   Sweet temper a prince abandoned, interrupting head of government (10,5) PEPPERMINT CREAM {TEMPER+A+PRINCE}* in {PM}

10 Clerical garment found with odd items of classy clobber (7) CASSOCK {ClAsSy}{SOCK}
11 Article as broadcast about tanks (7) AQUARIA {A}{QUA}{AIR<=}
12 Step inside theatre, admitted (5) TREAD [T]
14 Living without purpose? Find grit to reform (8) DRIFTING*
16 Fight, protecting rear, without a dagger (8) STILETTO {SET TO} over {TaIL}
18 See me in love repeatedly faced by resistance (5) ROMEO {R}{O}{ME}{O} &lit
21 Soldier in middle of foreign field, cold and mournful (7) ELEGIAC {forEign}{LE{GI}A}{C}
22 Lawyer after anger discounting thousand extra items (7) ADDENDA {mADDEN}{DA}
24 Impressed, raved about fake, endlessly accepted without question (5,3,7) TAKEN FOR GRANTED {TAKEN}{FORGe}{RANTED}
25 Communists keeping resolution? Correct (7) REDRESS {RED{RES}S}
26 Vitality needed by keener gymnasts (6) ENERGY [T]

DOWN
1   Limit a large town’s power (8) CAPACITY {CAP}{A}{CITY}
2   Demon with strength having no time for deadlock (7) IMPASSE {IMP}{ASSEt}
3   Belief about party led by Conservative (5) CREDO {C}{RE}{DO}
4   Citrus fruit supplied by chap, bold European, around North African port (8,6) MANDARIN ORANGE {MAN}{DARIN{ORAN}G}{E}

5   Remove unnecessary items left, say, after December (9) DECLUTTER {DEC}{L}{UTTER}
6   Sign of sharp bend in road in Switzerland, twisting over mountain finally (7) CHEVRON {CH}{OVER*}{m...iN}

7   Animal in line following mother (6) MAMMAL {MAMMA}{L}
8   Demo kept moving, not quietly in parts, creating alarms (5,9) SMOKE DETECTORS {DEMO+KEpT}* in {SECTORS}
13 Flirtation beginning to damage partnership (9) DALLIANCE {Da...e}{ALLIANCE}
15 Firm route including road, large and yellow (8) COWARDLY {CO}{WA{RD}{L}Y}
17 Modified material for jacket perhaps worn by a king (7) TWEAKED {TWE{A}{K}ED}
19 Supervise fool in dock (7) MONITOR {MO{NIT}OR}
20 Rouse scattered tribes (6) BESTIR*
23 Like match won by neither side, tense (5) DRAWN [DD]

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