Neyartha takes us to the workshop, possibly for carpentryACROSS
7 Orderly's reluctance not about to change (5-3) CLEAN CUT (reLUCTANCE)*
The type of cut a novice carpenter tries to achieve but messes up as the last part splinters
9 Part of the hardware testing is in the mountain ridges (6) ARETES (T)
10 Recommendation by the novice to include the four… (10) INITIATIVE (INITIATE to include IV)
11 …options for a computer user in the bill of fare (4) MENU 2
12 Yahoo stock dropped in the crash (4) BUMP (BUMPkin)
13 Ideal American lawyer and king enamoured by the viewpoint (8) STANDARD (DA R in STAND)
This one could be apart of the theme ...
16 Lunacy to check retreat in the north-east with saints (7) MADNESS (DAM< NE SS)
18 Polite set entertains upset teen (7) GENTEEL (GEL entertains TEEN*)
20 Drying aid in the kitchen (3,5) TEA TOWEL (E)
21 It might be hit on the head to come to the point (4) NAIL (CD)
23 Dislike urgency when disheartened (4) HATE (HAsTE)
24 Speaker's standing with the letter paper (10) STATIONERY (~stationary)
25 Pole entering Chile's awful with a hand tool (6) CHISEL (S entering CHILE*)
26 Watch the beaker with a monocle (8) EYEGLASS (EYE GLASS)
DOWN
1 Flat panel with Elizabeth for the king (5) PLANE (PLANK-K+E)
Loved the way Neyartha took the above route instead of using Panel*= Plane
2 Does this final announcement steal the show? (4,3,3,5) LAST BUT NOT LEAST (CD)
Of course, the enu does not match, but for a moment I thought of 'famous last words'
3 Eager to make straight the German's dismissal (7) ATHIRST (STRAIgHT)*
4 Touch up on the Oriental band (4) TAPE (PAT< E)
5 Damaged mail-bag returned to a supposedly mysterious part of the Atlantic ocean (7,8) BERMUDA TRIANGLE (MAIL BAG RETURNED)*
I drew a cartoon for this, but it went missing ! That happens with most of my tools too ...
6 Returns to Turkey with Indo-European leaders subject to ridicule from the south (9) REENTRIES (TR IE in SNEER<)
Followed by splashdown, as NASA use to call it in the pre-shuttle era
8 Slap the Frenchman coming in with a holding tool (5) CLAMP (CLAP with M coming in)
Not Bond's boss, but M. Poirot !
14 Had a meal with a number on the radio (3) ATE (~EIGHT)
15 March easy at sea, hoping to avoid being shot? (6,3) CAMERA SHY (MARCH EASY)*
Not only camera, I don't like being shot with other things too
17 Proverb showing return of a historic verb? (3) SAW (WAS<)
19 Vagrant's answer gets rid of the upper-class satirist (7) FLOATER (FLOUTER-U+A)
I have many vagrants gallivanting in my eyes
21 Candid letters from a Chennai veterinarian (5) NAIVE (T)
22 Rat in the lawn (5) GRASS 2
All flesh is grass
24 Classes where the Pole's out of place with kimono fabric (4) SILK (ILKS with S out of place)
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