No 12662, Wednesday 26 Jun 2019, Avtaar

ACROSS
1   Old city gang is backed by Gulf (6) BOMBAY {MOB<=}{BAY}
4   Found mean old dogs, say (8) AVERAGED {AGED} after {AVER}
9   Hot model, starting to undress, is unmoved (2,4) IN SITU {IN}{SIT}{Un...s}
10 Footwear imbued with slightly coarse stains (8) SCANDALS {S{Co...e}ANDALS}
11 Protest against unreasonable tax organised at last, say, by Hagar the Horrible (4,10) SALT SATYAGRAHA {AT+LAST+SAY}*{HAGAR}*
13 One who narrates stories about visiting exotic destinations, excepting South India (10)  ANECDOTIST {C} in {DEsTinATIONS}*
14 President Eisenhower's staff (4) PIKE {P}{IKE}
16 Foreigner waives a claim (4) LIEN aLIEN
18 Personal digital assistant? (10) MANICURIST [CD]
21 Supermom prepared healthy food with added milk (4,2,3,5) LADY OF THE HOUSE {HEALTHY+FOOD}*{USE}
23 Mention of deficit at Iona (8) CITATION [T]
24 Clammy pound is filled with waste at the boundaries and on the left (6) SWEATY {S{Wa.tE}{And}TY}
25 "It shows who's not fit to overcome tumour", Spooner said (4,4) SICK LIST (~lick cyst)
26 Sally's ashes (6) BREEZE [DD]

DOWN
1   His tribe left Europe in a hurry (4) BRIT TRIBe* &lit
2   Note from Avtaar's guru (7) MESSAGE {ME'S}{SAGE}
3   Faculty position attracting Psychology's top talent eventually gets cancelled (8) APTITUDE {A(-t+p)PTITUDE
5   French soup is garnished with chives and soy (11) VICHYSSOISE {IS+CHIVES+SOY}*

6   Welsh sappers have recovered something that explains heredity (6) RENEGE {R{GENE<=}E}
7   This language — extremely beautiful — variant of Bulgarian (7) GUARANI bUlGARIAN*
8   Darkest, medium-brewed drinks stocked in the local area briefly (9) DISMALEST {DIS{M}{ALES}Trict}
12 Paintings by Rembrandt finally recovered during legal proceedings may be fantastic sights (11) ATTRACTIONS  {ART}{r...nT}<= in {ACTIONS}
13 National team wants new ball in the beginning (3,6) ALL BLACKS {BALL*}{LACKS}

15 Eventually, you grow fat playing this game (3-2-3) TUG-OF-WAR {yoU+GROW+FAT}*
17 Very clear and detailed order about festival in the North (7) EIDETIC {CITE<=}<=>{EID}
19 Naval vessel has top part flooded (2,5) IN SPATE {INS}{Part}{ATE} (Addendum - {INS}{PATE} -  See comments)
20 Deadly squall at Romania has moved upwards (6) MORTAL [T<=]
22 Set retracting ends of the polyp and cyst evenly (4) TYPE {thE}{p..yP}{cYsT}<=

Reference List
Hot = IN, About = C, President = P, Europe = E, Sappers = RE(Royal Engineers), Medium = M

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