No 12672, Monday 08 Jul 2019, Neyartha

Neyartha's at the Cricket World cup. :-)

ACROSS
7    Authorize the African city's brief linking to the surge from the east (8) ACCREDIT {ACCRa}{TIDE<=}
9    Discarded vitamin imbibed by mistake at this place (6) IBIDEM IMbIBED*
10 Simultaneous change of detectives in front of the medical department (10) COINCIDENT {COIN}{CID}{ENT}
11 Stroke requiring strenuous effort... (4) SLOG [DD]
12 ...from the Chelsea selection as well (4) ELSE [T]
13 Pacify the one entering to welcome the maiden with a drink (8) SMOOTHIE {S{M}OOTH{1}E}

16 Dying one responsible for a shutdown? (7) BATTERY [CD]
18 Run with the boy to cut up a little green legume and build character (7) PERSONA {PE{R}{SON}A}
20 Time to get rid of the page break and save (8) RETRIEVE RE(-p+t)TRIEVE
21 Trade in the round mitts (4) SWAP<=
23 Leading left-handed openers favour this stroke (4) LOFT Acrostic
24 Model's reception gets garbled after fluorine contamination (10) PERFECTION {PER{F}ECTION*}
25 Show horror at the twist behind the note (6) RECOIL {RE}{COIL}
26 First-class vessel sent back with a V-shaped mark (3-5) TOP NOTCH {POT<=}{NOTCH}

DOWN
1    Son goes on top of the cages to get the inside story (5) SCOOP (+s)SCOOP(-s)
2    Change in script seen in a version including the note sent up with hesitation (15) TRANSLITERATION {TRANSL{TI<=}{ER}ATION}
3    Disbelief shown by the powerless shipmate at sea (7) ATHEISM SHIpMATE*
4    Split apart after having played an accompaniment on the radio (4) RIFT (~ riffed)
5    Annoyance may result if I toss antacids out (15) DISSATISFACTION*
6    Arbitration participant's integration goes haywire after logging out of the Iranian website (9) NEGOTIANT iNTEGrATION*
8    Stroke by an underwater explorer to get the rook to move (5) DRIVE D(+r)RIVE(-r)
14 Valuable mineral in a Nordic coin (3) ORE [DD]
15 A compulsion for the players and umpires in a downpour? (4,5) TAKE COVER [CD]
17 Fish eggs found by a Greek character reportedly (3) ROE (~ rho)
19 Edit the legal document without a header found inside the rolled-over jug (7) REWRITE {wRIT} in {EWER<=}
21 First wicket for the opener with a bold stroke (5) SWEEP S{-t+w}WEEP
22 Stroke by one getting sloshed in German wine (5) HOICK {HO{1}CK}
24 Drawing power of the peepul leaf extract (4) PULL [T]

Reference List
Vitamin = B, Maiden = M, Run = R, Time = T, Page = P, Note = RE,TI,  Son = S, Power = P, Rook = R

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