No 13362, Monday 27 Sep 2021, Arden

Solution to 17D 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   A flask first, intend to get a jug (6) CARAFE {CAR{A}{Fl..k}E}

4   Chinese women not seen cooking this dish (4,4) CHOW MEIN {CHINEse+WOMen}*

9   American bibles? Yes, distributed in places of worship (6) ABBEYS {A}{BB}{YES*}

10 Organs of poor sold cheaply (3,1,4) FOR A SONG*

12 End of Carlson, snake around Chess board? It’s true (4,4) BONA FIDE {BO{c...oN}A}{FIDE}

13 Delight as husband takes short time (6) THRILL {T{H}RILL} (Addendum - {T{HR}ILL} - See comments)

15 Harry chose network to be well informed (4,3,5) KNOW THE SCORE* 

18 Trimmer gets cut rose, the nightly spectacle... (6,6) METEOR SHOWER {M{ROSE+THE}*OWER}

21 ... all the movement is dangerous (6) LETHAL*

22 Tax collection breeds corruption (4,4) CESS POOL {CESS}{POOL}

24 ‘Terrier’ — this beer’s lost most of the fizz (8) AIREDALE {AIRED ALE}

25 One of those who tend to fall in succession (6) DOMINO [CD]

26 Ran as a gunman giving protection died (8) HASTENED {H{A}{STEN}E}{D}

27 He left his country before, took a plane (6) EMIGRE {E{MIG}RE}

DOWN

1   Sally Lunn, say, gets some meat for the party (8) CLAMBAKE {C{LAMB}AKE}

2   He dumps a piece of cloth outside (8) ROBINSON {RO{BINS}ON}

3   Get upset knowing it’s end of half the rum (3,3,3,6) FLY OFF THE HANDLE {FLY}{END+OF+HALF+THE}*

5   Round up the bear (4) HOOP<=

6   Set thermostat where you can come out unscathed (7,3,5) WEATHER THE STORM*

7   Sexy boy has to go up (6) EROTIC {ER{TO<=}IC}

8   Complaint from flower covered girls (6) NIGGLE {NI{G}{G}LE}

11 Stuck to supplement, brought in here (7) ADHERED {AD{HERE}D}

14 Colour that kept Lewis in place (7) SCARLET {S{CARL}ET}

16 Diving lad not allowed in wading pools, perhaps (8) SWOOPING {WadING+POOlS}*

17 He wrote volumes on loose woman and middlemen (8) ?R?L?O?E (Addendum - TROLLOPE {TROLLOP}{mEn} - See comments))

19 Evacuated, yes... half turned out to be a pollutant (3,3) FLY ASH {YeS+HALF}*

20 First human settlement in America — maybe true (6) UTERUS {U{TRUE*}S}

23 Controversial usage — at both ends it’s lead (4) CLUE {Co...aL}{Us.gE}

Reference List

American = A, Bible = B, Husband = TILL, Died = D, Girl = G