No 13927, Wednesday 26 Jul 2023, Bruno

Solution to 6A 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.

Open for anyone to answer, if not solved by 1 PM.

ACROSS

1   Each start of November and February, feeds animals for special occasions (10) BEANFEASTS {B{EA}{No...r}{Fe...y}EASTS}

6   Famous flying aircraft, mainly man's seen flying away? (4) ?F?S (Addendum - UFOS {FamOUS}* - See comments) &lit

9   Teetotaller in abstinence organization's famous - man has medical specialist's skill (10) ATTAINMENT A{TT}A}{IN}{M}ENT}

10 Henry banned from Indian city restaurant (4) DELI DELhI

12 Rep let person who causes trouble? (6,6) STORMY PETREL {REP+LET}* [RA]

15 Animal was mounted carrying Earl and Queen (3,4) ROE DEER {RO{E}DE}{ER}

16 A pig and eel hybrid's living on the ground (7) EPIGEAL {A+PIG+EEL}*

17 It saps complete strength - leaving no verve finally (7) ALLERGY {ALL}{EneRGY} Semi&lit

19 Range of high-end jewellery lacks centrepiece (7) HEARING {higH}{EARrING}

20 Countryman's enthusiasm to go on a normal date in more modern surroundings (3,9) NEW ZEALANDER {NEW{ZEAL}{A}{N}{D}ER}

23 Repeat recycling task - take out rubbish first (4) ECHO (+e)ECHOr(-e)

24 Hard worker wants husband that is boring, quiet and a rebel (5,5) BLACK SHEEP {B{LACKS}{H}EE}{P}

25 Catch a glimpse of James Pycroft? (4) ESPY [T]

26 Dramatise grading problem in a school and put on Prime finally (10) AGGRANDISE {GRADING}* in {A}{S} on {p..mE}

DOWN

1   Bishop is hiding a prejudice (4) BIAS {B}{I{A}S}

2   Pitch's another low turner - opined openers (4) ALTO Acrostic

3   Weak note in final act - listener in the middle of stadium was confused (5-7) FAINT-HEARTED {FA}{acT+EAR+IN+THE+staDium}* (Correction - {FA}{IN}{acT} and {EAR} in {THE+staDium}*)

4   Lover's married, sadly (7) ADMIRER*

5   Old technique to record an image of colour myopies' often ignored (7) TINTYPE {TINT}{mYoPiEs}

7   10As supporting Florida with regret, put up flag (5-2-3) FLEUR-DE-LIS {DELI'S}<=>{FL}{RUE<=}

8   Quiet husband seen around illegal dancing club (10) SHILLELAGH {SH}{H} over {ILLEGAL}* 

11 An extended form of 10A at California's last existent Germantown (12) DELICATESSEN  {DELI}{CA}{e...nT}{ESSEN}

13 Relative's energetic travels around America (5-5) GREAT-NIECE {ENERGETIC}* over {A}

14 Course's popular after recruiting the Spanish fraternity (10) FELLOWSHIP {FLOWS}{HIP} over {EL}

18 Eulogy composed contained Latin - that can be seen around Christmas (4,3) YULE LOG {EULOGY}* over {L}

19 Manually powered instrument with hydraulic ends listed with a radio on top (7) HANDCAR {H and C}{A}{Ra..o}

21 Mythical creature still found on India's northernmost part? (4) YETI {YET}{In..a} Semi&lit

22 Part of church where mistake's cleared mainly (4) APSE lAPSE

Reference List

Each = EA, Teetotaller = TT, Man = M, Medical specialist = ENT, Henry = H, Earl = E, Queen = ER, No = N, Normal = N, Date = D, Husband = H, Quiet = P, School = S, Bishop = B, Note = FA, Florida = FL, Quiet = SH, America = A, Popular = HIP, The in Spanish = EL, Latin = L