No 13565, Wednesday 25 May 2022, Vulcan

Solution to 11A 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   Pay and resolve (6) SETTLE [DD]

4   A large state, basically separated, also known as The Last Frontier! (6) ALASKA {A}{L}{A{St..e}KA} Semi&lit

8   Very trendy clothes — good to order again! (7) REALIGN {REAL}{I{G}N}

9   Impressive area outside a city (7) GRANADA {GRAN{A}D}{A}

11 Part I scheduled and prescribed (10) ?E?I?L?T?D (Addendum LEGISLATED {LEG I}{SLATED} - See comments)

12 Extremely large device (4) TOOL {TOO}{L}

13 Small change brought about with sea movements (5) TIDES {S}{EDIT}<=

14 Narrowly avoided annoying seminars (4,4) NEAR MISS*

16 Plant seller takes loan regularly to start with (8) LAVENDER {VENDER}<=>{LoAn}

18 Headed back before an unknown hold-up (5) DELAY {LED<=}{A}{Y}

20 Small island in Africa — unoccupied landmass (4) ASIA {Afr{S}{I}icA}

21 The boomers can be difficult (10) BOTHERSOME*

23 A demand is seen in this aromatic flavour (7) ANISEED {A}{N{IS}EED}

24 One very happy about man’s first sexual union (7) ISOGAMY {1}{SO}{GA{Man}Y}

25 Lots of food — no starters (6) OODLES nOODLES

26 Contract is about principles (6) IDEALS {I{DEAL}S}

DOWN

1   Spotted, say, in a set (5) SCENE (~seen)

2   Agreed with everyone drawn outside (7) TALLIED {T{ALL}IED}

3   Is alleged to become decriminalised (9) LEGALISED*

5   Leader of labour union communist drew (5) LURED {Le...r}{U}{RED}

6   Criminal can and must retreat (7) SANCTUM {CAN+MUST}

7   A couple in Russia gets to Libya with difficulty (9) ARDUOUSLY {A}{R{DUO}US}{LY}

10 Whatever the case, a treaty with North America is questionable (2,3,4) AT ANY RATE {A+TREATY+NA}*

13 Attacks one artist badly (5,4) TEARS INTO*

15 Prepared after a day and gave a speech (9) ADDRESSED {DRESSED}<=>{A}{D}

17 Mistake hidden by journalist — slipped by (7) ELAPSED {E{LAPSE}D}

19 Food prices decline in Latin America and North America (7) LASAGNA {LA}{SAG}{NA} What's the role of 'prices'?

21 Note from club revealed (5) BREVE [T]

22 Ideas given by a couple of setters? (5) MEMES {ME}{ME}{'S}

Reference List

Large = L, Trendy = IN, Good = G, Area = A, Small = S, Unknown = Y, Island = I, Union = U, Day = D, Journalist = ED