The Sunday Crossword No 3059, Sunday 04 Aug 2019

ACROSS
1   Flames from bonfires you'd vacantly started (10) BOYFRIENDS {BONFIRES+YouD}*
6   First of Carlings imbibed by drunk Caledonian (4) SCOT {S{Ca...s}OT}
9   Oh dear: in Asia, soy pod undergoing 'modification' (4-1-5)  OOPS-A-DAISY*
10 Pro bono lawyer's rate: that's about right (4) FREE {F{R}EE}
12 Football pundit's behind Yorkshire side: 'I don't like that, giving ground' (12) HILLSBOROUGH {HILL'S}{BOROUGH}(~boro) Anno pending See comments
15 Terrible dragon overcomes island, becoming object of worship (4,3) RAIN GOD {DRAGON}* over {I}
16 Nobody, after embracing Chinese philosophy, remains nobody (3,1,3) NOT A ONE {NO{TAO}NE} Shouldn't that be TAOISM?
17 Caught fish between banks of Tweed (7) TANGLED {Twee{ANGLE}D}
19 Less substantial (when describing noise, primarily)? (7) TINNIER {TIN{N}IER} &lit
20 Sticky secreting structures revealed as mud unclogs sloppily (6,6) MUCOUS GLANDS*
23 Sour spell (4) TURN [DD]
24 Show contempt as chicken amateur finally beats retreat (4,1,5) COCK A SNOOK {COCK}{A}{b..tS}{NOOK}
25 Apply layer of coolant, not evenly (4) COAT {CoOlAnT}
26 Misreading of Jude: priest is a joke! (3,7) JEU DESPRIT*

DOWN
1   Personal problem? Fine to show reserve (4) BOOK {BO}{OK}
2   Remove organs from pet after rising, shrill sounds (4) YAPS <=
3   Wilde's prison reportedly permitted recitals (7,5) READING ALOUD {READING}{ALOUD}(~allowed)
4   Communicated something using mixed media about the French (7) EMAILED {EMAI{LE}D*}
5   Hullabaloo about stub put out in receptacle (7) DUSTBIN {D{STUB*}IN}
7   Wealth taken from doddery OAP? I concur (10) CORNUCOPIA*

8   Operatic act avoiding bum note? It's kids' stuff (3,5,2) THE THREE RS {THE THREE tenoRS}
11 They're seen in classrooms strewing kids around (7-5) WRITING-DESKS*
13 Calculating, cold: possibly I'm the replacement for Conservatives' leader (10) ARITHMETIC {im+the)* for (c) in ARCTIC
14 'Select' prison: more spacious, by the sound of it, with pleasant place for lunch (6,4) PICNIC AREA (~ pick nick airier}
18 Infernal, horrible poetry, 'When Half Becomes One' (7) DOGGONE DOGG(-erel+one)ONE
19 Acknowledged North Korea originally involved in suspicious death (7) THANKED {THA{N}{Ko..a}}ED*}
21 In favour of vociferously delivering a number (4) FOUR (~for)
22 Second outfit to offer little satirical observation (4) SKIT {S}{KIT}

Reference List
Right = R, Island = I, Amateur = A, Personal problem = Body Odour = BO, North = N, Second = S

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