No 13494, Thursday 03 Mar 2022, Bruno

Solution to 23A 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   Drug peddler and author on board ship making entry in journal (10) DISPENSARY {DI{S{PEN}S}ARY}

6   No area in flight to move (4) STIR STaIR

9   Vain BS on TV produced for fun lovers (3,7) BON VIVANTS* 

10 Teacher’s demonstration left out nothing (4) PROF PROoF

12 Senior citizen’s retina can go awry along with edge of optic-nerve (12) OCTOGENARIAN {RETINA+CAN+GO+Op...e}*

15 Large electronic device featuring extremely lovely leaf (4,3) LILY PAD {L}{I{LovelY}PAD}

16 Target of market reforms — to get rid of Rupee and adopt Artificial Intelligence (4,3) TAKE AIM {MArKET}* over {AI} 

17 Organ of father sick in the middle (7) PAPILLA {PAP{ILL}A}

19 Slight set with feathers (3-4) PUT-DOWN {PUT}{DOWN}

20 Second review of “I love nature” — Attenborough’s first novel (12) REEVALUATION {I+LOVE+NATURE+At...h}*

23 Poems come from deep loss, often (4) E?O? (Addendum - EPOS {dEeP+lOsS} - See comments)

24 Tricksters from island enter free seas, starting to wade away (4-6) FIRE-EATERS {F{I}REE}{wATERS}

25 Short tattoo on top of arm: “Farewell” (2-2) TA-TA {TATtoo}{Arm}

26 Kicking ball, Bobby Moore played with a senior citizen (4,6) BABY BOOMER {BOoBBY+MOORE+A}*

DOWN

1   Bill’s upturned furniture supported by tabletop (4) DEBT {BED<=}{Ta...p}

2   Chanted “Good night, America” in reverse (4) SUNG {GN}{US}<=

3   Religious person in a Pepsi Cola broadcast (12) EPISCOPALIAN*

4   Fish, shrimp, etc each served in San Francisco on party counter (7) SEAFOOD {S{EA}FO}{DO<=}

5   Go back to spa (7) RETREAT [C&DD]

7   One that finishes course at India with top grade’s tutored, essentially (10) TERMINATOR {TERM}{IN}{A}{tuTORed}

8   Umpire in bind loses head at finish (10) REFINEMENT {REF}{IN}{cEMENT}

11 Food of labourer and a pet too when cooked with a little turnip (6,6) JACKET POTATO {JACK}{A+PET+TOO+Tu...p}*

13 Pulp-free juice given to cats often? It’s a manner of speaking... (10) PLUPERFECT {PULP+FREE}*{CaTs}

14 Exhausted when software education was controlled by authority (7,3) CLAPPED OUT {CL{APP}{ED}OUT}

18 Bauxite from a moon? I’m up for drilling! (7) ALUMINA {A}{LU{IM<=}NA}

19 Decay of town in clean setting — getting extremely filthy (7) PUTREFY {PU{T}RE}{f...hY}

21 Appear on joint for audience (4) SEEM (~seam)

22 One that takes drug at University swears regularly (4) USER {U}{SwEaRs}

Reference List

Ship = SS, Area = A, Large = L, Rupee = R, Island = I, Good night = GN, Party = DO, India = IN, Umpire = REF, Education = ED, Town = T, University = U