No 13529, Wednesday 13 Apr 2022, Karaoke

Solution to 21D 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

9   Show power factor taking ampere into consideration (7) PAGEANT {P}{AGE{A}NT}

10 Repeating appeal time and again about ration finally (7) ITERANT {IT}{ERA}{r...oN}{T}

11 Come apart — not a standard visitor (5) COMET {COME+aparT}

12 Is this environment-friendly area? Not exactly (5,4) GREEN ROOM [CD]

13 Entertainment centre playing top tragedy Hamlet went in flames (4,7) FILM THEATRE {FI{Tr...y+HAMLET}*RE}

16 Playing fiddle with homeowner at an isolated place (6,2,7) MIDDLE OF NOWHERE {FIDDLE+HOMEOWNER}*

18 Corpses mostly lie on ground in these places (11) NECROPOLEIS {CORPSEs+LIE+ON}* Semi&lit

22 Zero on foot! (6,3) LITTLE TOE [CD]

24 Lively drink, right? (5) ALERT {ALE}{RT}

25 Mouthlike openings of love apple almost eaten by some animals primarily (7) STOMATA {Some}{TOMATo}{An...s}

26 He is sharp to protect original artefacts and gold at the museum (7) CURATOR {CUR{Ar...s}T}{OR} Semi&lit

DOWN

1   Legends make record scoring almost hundred hits finally (5) EPICS {EP}{IC}{hitS} 99 should be XCIX

2   Animalia magazine feature reviews lizard (5) AGAMA [T]

3   It is foolish to abort fetus violating draconian law (8) WASTEFUL {WA{FETUS*}L*}

4   Gangsters’ pistols shot up deer (4) STAG<=

5   Amateur poet wins exceptional title (10) DILETTANTE {D{TITLE*}ANTE}

6   Extremely sensitive action committee’s meeting (6) SEANCE {Se...vE}{Ac..oN}{Co...eE}

7   Firm overwhelmed by illegal aid with links in robberies (9) DACOITIES {DA{CO}I*}{TIES}

8   High speed felt around in the hurried movement of panicked people (8) STAMPEDE {S{MAT<=}PEDE*}

14 Security guard illegally took sum without primary security in advance (7,3) LOOKOUT MAN {LO{TOOK+sUM}*AN}

15 Cut head off and eat brain heartily for an enlightening experience (9) EDUCATION {dEDUC{brAin}TION}

16 One with an enigmatic smile could be Somalian (4,4) MONA LISA*

17 Pickpocket’s case resolved smartypants (8) WISEACRE {WI{CASE*}RE}

19 Leaders failed to prevent check on the container (3,3) OIL CAN {fOIL sCAN}

20 Bite into empty dish in the end (5) DEATH {Di{EAT}sH}

21 It’s a reversal of policy when parties initially ignored improvement (1-4) ?-T?R?  (Addendum - U- TURN UpTURN - See comments)

23 Everyone’s cycling pain (4) EACH (+e)EACH(-e)

Reference List

Power = P, Ampere = A, Appeal = IT, Time = T, Standard = PAR, Right = RT, Record = EP, Firm = CO