Cryptic Crossword - Economic Times Chennai (8229 of 29-12-2021) - Fillable and with solution

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Across:
1 Friendly sailor dives in a long way (7)
5 Englishman in Mexico going nuts about Republican (6)
9 Firm to eat and drink, getting over depression (2,5)
10 Candidate one ordered to guard quarry (7)
11 Pain during doggy paddle (3)
12 Feed tablet to a rare form of butterfly? (11)
13 Note that comes and goes (5)
14 Film a peer abroad for topographical guide (6,3)
16 School hyped case for its annual prizegiving event (6,3)
17 Private Victor divorced wife (5)
19 Where some injured soldiers go the wrong way round? (4,2,5)
22 Return fan’s VAT (3)
23 Reposition bad sign in middle (7)
24 Afterwards nearly everyone’s on the side (7)
26 Old English composer welcoming warrant officer’s motto (6)

Down:
1 Seaweed penetrates a small distance as filler (7)
2 When Americans celebrate sci-fi film (12,3)
EXTRA
3 Trash wine stand (3)
4 Escape from European plane circling Cape (5)
5 In most cases information really varied (9)
6 One American IT firm circulated bits of poetry (5)
7 Palace guards sent man telegram for translation (9-2-4)
8 The French stumble and speak furiously (3,3)
12 Joker initially cut off mike (5)
14 Outlined more clearly, like entries in new OED, ... (9)
15 ... the dictionary containing proclamation (5)
16 Authority impounds contents of tube tunnel (6)
18 Lock feature girl arranged with net (7)
20 Beat poet cleverly controls metre (5)
21 Worked topless, like a smooth-running machine (5)
25 Leaves the bar at regular times (3)
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Created at 15.00 hrs IST on 29-12-2021 from Chennai

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