No 13317, Wednesday 04 Aug 2021, Neyartha

Solution to 22D has been deliberately left unsolved and is to be answered only by a non-regular / novice commenter, with proper annotation. Those who have answered earlier in the week, please give others a chance.

ACROSS

1   Curtsied and withdrew? (5,3) BOWED OUT {BOWED}{OUT} &lit

5   Liqueur produced by gas extracted from a skeleton (6) CASSIS ChASSIS

9   Changes tone and brings down the Oriental to make one leave (8) INFLECTS INFL(-1+e)ECTS

10 Chip manufacturing process leading to an athletic scandal (6) DOPING [DD]

11 Rest tactically in order to create a 3D arrangement inside some solids (7,7) CRYSTAL LATTICE*

14 Glowing reminder from the leading experts making buttery egg-less recipes (5) EMBER Acrostic

16 Break to get some letters from the painter rushed out to Portugal (9) INTERRUPT {paINTER+RUshed}{PT}

17 Harm contained within a pulpy fruit — a Mexican cuisine staple (9) TOMATILLO {TOMAT{ILL}O}

19 Printed sheet from the enemy briefly seen with refinery material from the east (5) FOLIO {FOe}{OIL<=}

20 Comical story lures Pope in a ridiculous way (14) PREPOSTEROUSLY*

23 Chip anufacturing step using wasted energy from some wintry takeoff processes (6) DICING DeICING

24 Breaks to invite the princess with arrangements of small flowers close together (8) SPADICES {SPA{DI}CES}

25 A respectful word for the auditor with the coat heard by the wave rider (6) SURFER (~sir for) (Correction - (~ sir fur) - See comments)

26 Pairs of connected things seen in certain astronomical phenomena (8) SYZYGIES [DD]

DOWN

1   Price of freedom to make hay, reportedly (4) BAIL (~bale)

2   Chip manufacturing ingredient’s fluorine expels tritium from fire extinguisher (5) WAFER WA(-t+f)FER

3   Theatre employee’s cabinet (7) DRESSER [DD]

4   Harsh radiation beyond the visible spectrum damages rival outlet (11) ULTRAVIOLET*

6   Espouser’s case comes up for coverage by the biased one after commencement (7) ADOPTER Anno pending (Addendum - (hA(POD<=)TER - See comments)

7   Home supposed to make someone happy? (9) SPIRITUAL [CD?]

8   Helpful hint to counter Gus with a din over the model’s entry after the German leader’s welcome (10) SUGGESTION {GUS<=}{Ge...n}{NOI{T}SE<=}

12 Chip manufacturing step makes the Yankee go under a plate with greasy ink (11) LITHOGRAPHY {Y}<=>{LITHOGRAPH}

13 Inspected construction hiding Oriental arthropods (10) CENTIPEDES {INSPECTED}* over {E}

15 Clean reversed cloaks for the parliamentarian arranging care for an amusement park vehicle (6,3) BUMPER CAR {BU{MP}{CARE*}R<=}

18 Defeat decisively in recount after confusion (7) TROUNCE*

19 Chip manufacturing plant located north of Rajahmundry’s outskirts (7) FOUNDRY {FOUND}{Ra...rY}

21 Fruit identified by some Bengali children (5) LICHI [T]

22 Parking at the wrong place to move the snakes (4) ?S?S (Addendum - ASPS (-p)AS(+p)PS - See comments) 

Reference List

Gas = H{Hydrogen), Oriental = E, Portugal = PT, Energy = E, Princess = DI, Fluorine = F, Tritium = T, Model = T, Yankee = Y, Parking = P