ACROSS
1 Runs down with £1,000 for sporting coups (5,5) GRAND SLAMS {SLAMS} with{GRAND}
6 Stradivari's taking in opera singer (4) DIVA [T]
9 Disturbed bird makes a little sound, heads off (10) DISEMBARKS {BIRD+MAKES}*{So..d}
10 In retrospect, I had doubts, ultimately, about record (4) DISC {I'D<=}{d...tS}{C}
11 Ready to meet Nelson at sea (2,4,6) ON ONES METTLE*
15 Nowadays, timely journalist moved with the times (7) ADAPTED {AD}{APT}{ED}
16 Disciplined hospital employee (7) ORDERLY [DD]
17 Really, a tango with Queen? (2,5) AT HEART {A}{T}{HEART}
19 Snarling crabby reclusive ornery old grouse (economical, primarily!) (7) SCROOGE Acrostic &lit
20 Policeman to pen in protesters getting something for tea? (6,6) COPPER KETTLE {COPPER}{KETTLE}
23 Two-thirds of wives-to-be selected 15th March, perhaps (4) IDES brIDES
24 Fail to impress when lured astray before Mass (10) UNDERWHELM {WHEN+LURED}*{M}
25 Remove some fibrous tissue (4) OUST [T]
26 Doting, tender name? (10) ENDEARMENT* &lit
DOWN
1 English insult offered up for French dramatist (4) GIDE {E}{DIG}
2 Part of church where mobile phone use might be heard (4) APSE (~apps)
3 Express to voice anger (11) DEMONSTRATE [DD]
4 Student deserved to become erudite (7) LEARNED {L}{EARNED}
5 Everyman receiving a knighthood – subsequently assuming initially dirty deals (5,2) MAKES DO {M{A}{Kn...d}E}{S{Di..y}O}
7 Fail-safe if I do troop manœuvres (5-5) IDIOT-PROOF*
8 Models cunning, getting fancy cars (10) ARCHETYPES {ARCH}{E-TYPES}
12 Source of wine from ancient river? (11) ELDERFLOWER {ELDER}{FLOWER}
18 Had made alterations to e.g. jeans (5,2) TAKEN IN [C&DD]
19 Extremely tense and hot before end of story (2,5) SO THERE {SO}{T}{H}{ERE}
21 Yield is small hard fruit, we're told (4) CEDE (~seed)
22 After second month in France, you will be served up mildly obscene material (4) SMUT {S}{M}{TU<=}
Reference List
About = C, Tango = T, Queen = HEART(Card), Mass = M, English = E, Student = L, Extremely = SO, Tense = T, Hot = H, before = ERE, Second = S, Month = M, You in French = TU
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