No 13652, Monday 05 Sep 2022, Arden

TEACHERS DAY GREETINGS

Artwork by Prasanna

Solution to 26A 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   Ringtones are different (8) RESONATE*

5   Nail biting old woman in Malaysia (6) PENANG {PE{NAN}G}

10 Relinquish control, take day off in German city (7) HANOVER HANdOVER

11 A Romance language first cited in criminal action (7) OCCITAN {OC{Ci..d}ITAN*}

12 Carol sipping long cocktail (5) SLING {S{L}ING}

13 American trades done within minutes in the capital (9) AMSTERDAM {A}{M}{TRADES*}{M}

14 Being cruel, began having wild honey (5-7) STONY-HEARTED {ST{HONEY*}ARTED}

18 Difficult to carry a lay-by (4,8) HARD SHOULDER {HARD}{SHOULDER} 

21 Dolly took female into an ancient temple (9) PARTHENON {PART{HEN}ON}

23 Ferment in Asia, reportedly (5) YEAST (~east)

24 A gentle movement, so stylish (7) ELEGANT*

25 China gets support from the east at the conference (7) MEETING {M{TEE<=}ING}

26 Finally get there from bottom to top and tie-up (6) T?T?E?  (Addendum - TETHER {geT}{(+e)ETHER(-e)} - See comments)

27 Raised to become a space traveller (8) ASTEROID*

DOWN

1   Share manipulation by the hour — it's the same old story (6) REHASH {SHARE*}{H}

2   It's transgression to take over mail (4,2) SEND IN {S{END}IN}

3   Russian set up, Bill negotiates (9) NAVIGATES {IVAN<=}{GATES}

4   Intricate organ, perhaps yet to be explored (5,9) TERRA INCOGNITA*

6   Master of ceremony's gone at last, I cover the church (5) EMCEE {gonE}{M{CE}E}

7   Six footer I love finds the remedy (8) ANTIDOTE {ANT}{I}{DOTE}

8   Satellite lost edge, had many problems (8) GANYMEDE {G{MANY*}EDE*}

9   "They're well known family" means something else (9,5)  HOUSEHOLD NAMES {HOUSEHOLD}{MEANS*}

15 EEC neatly managed to get some fuel (9) ACETYLENE*

16 Cargo for trendy males stopped mid way (8) SHIPMENT {S{HIP}{MEN}T}

17 Rupert in trouble for being lewd (8) PRURIENT*

19 It's local, I could source some material (6) CALICO [T]

20 Way mature people put up a show (6) STAGED {ST}{AGED}

22 Lug him on the way (5) HEAVE {HE}{AVE}

Reference List

Old woman = NAN, Day = D, Long = L, American = A, Minute = M, Support = TEE, Hour = H, Church = CE, Six footer = ANT, Trendy = HIP, Way = ST, Way = AVE