No 14318, Wednesday 30 Oct 2025, Bruno

Solution to 13D 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.

This must be a first for THC with so many live characters in the Grid.

ACROSS

1   Shock as cat's found behind western edge of jungle (6) JOUNCE {OUNCE}<=>{Ju...e}

4   Music media incurring waste's finished (6) CLOSED {C{LOSE}D}

8   Most of vacation with group was cut into parts (7) TRISECT {TRIp}{SECT}

9   Actor with indecent mouth according to Spooner (4,3) JUDE LAW (~lewd jaw to jude law)

11 I avert disaster in metropolis with imagination (10) CREATIVITY {C{I+AVERT}*ITY}

12 Smooth function ends early (4) EVEN EVENt

13 Coffee drink - top layer replaced with some milk's flat (5) MATTE (-l+m)MATTE

14 Actor's diary with sensational entry vandalised after party (5,3) DORIS DAY {DIARY+Se...l}*<=>{DO}

16 Actor, a hard worker, blocked by cruel cast (5,3) BRUCE LEE {B{CRUEL*}EE}

18 Profit and loss expert's office (5) PLACE {P}{L}{ACE}

20 Artist turned away sportsperson and actor (4) CHER arCHER

21 Revolutionary very often has to appear in church with actor (5,5) CHEVY CHASE {CHE}{V}Y{C{HAS}E} Y from?

23 African country's new friend in France has limited influence (7) NAMIBIA {N}{AMI}{BIAs}

24 Germany's eccentric actor (3,4) MEG RYAN*

25 Director's viewpoint's excellent! (3,3) ANG LEE {ANGLE}{E}

26 Reputation of America - immediately needs to be promoted (6) STATUS {US}<=>{STAT}

DOWN

1   One of twelve jogger's jacket seen around gunroom, oddly cut (5) JUROR {Jo..eR} over {gUnRoOm}

2   University President starting to socialise with sour and unpleasant person (7) UPSTART {U}{P}{So...e}{TART}

3   City in Kerala, starts to educate all labourers - becomes "red" (9) COCHINEAL {COCHIN}{Ed...e}{All}{La...s}

5   Terrible, mostly noisy, extremely stinky (5) LOUSY {LOUd}{St..kY}

6   Resurgent posse reestablished to capture witch (7) SEERESS [T<=]

7   One becoming part of European network's English actor (5,4) DIANE LANE {D{1}ANE}{LAN}{E}

10 Actor playing devil - in Singapore on vacation (3,6) VIN DIESEL {DEVIL+IN+Si...rE}*

13 Spanish beach - centre of antihuman articles and drug (9) M?R?H?A?A (Addendum -  MARIHUANA {MAR}{antIHUman}{AN}{A} - See comments) 

15 Review of Copyright on yoghurt wrapping showing people resulting in compensation (9) REPAYMENT {APE}{R}<={Yog{MEN}hurT

17 Old city in British Columbia set up in green building material (7) CURBING {C{UR}B<=}{IN}{G}

19 Having great desire at heart, first to take top off (7) ATHIRST {AT}{H}{fIRST}

21 Credit to setter's intelligence ultimately's an offence (5) CRIME {CR}{I'M}{i...cE}

22 Foundation of strong bridge, propped up, breaks (5) SNAPS<=

Reference List

Music media = CD, Party = DO, Profit and Loss = P&L, Artist = RA, Very = V, Church = CE, New = N, Friend in French = AMI, Excellent = E, Immediately = STAT, University = U, President = P, English = E, Spanish beach = MAR, Copy = APE, Right = R, Old City = UR, Green = G, Heart = H