No 12291, Saturday 14 Apr 2018, The Phantom

Answer and anno of 26a left for a first time commenter till 10 AM.

Across


8. Not possible to accept this writer's clue? (6) NOTION {NOT}{I}{ON}
9. Strong reactions in 'Me too' campaign by society (8) EMOTIONS {IN+ME+TOO*}{S}
10. Need one in particular finally sit during take off? (8) APPETITE {AP{PET}{I}{siT}E}
11. Student taking leave to prepare for examinations (1,5) A LEVEL {L+LEAVE*}
12. Determined place of manufacture (6) OUTPUT {OUT}{PUT}
13. Regular audit in firm is desirable (8) SUITABLE {S{aUdIt}TABLE}
15. Jingle following commercial is counter-productive (7) ADVERSE {AD}{VERSE}
17. Students from Dubai often seen, in middle of the Gulf? That's odd (7) UNUSUAL {gU{NUS}{dUbAi}Lf}
20. Very small quarters possibly riled servicemen (8) SOLDIERS {SO}{RILED*}{S}
22. Enclosure putting goats extremely in distress (6) PIGSTY {PI{GoatS}TY}
23. To descend with rope Isabel's nervous (6) ABSEIL {ISABEL*}

25. Sublease men take to possess the right of way (8) EASEMENT (T)
26. Fell on road getting injured (8) ?T?A?N?D
27. Having clipped wings tailless one floundered (6) OWNING {WINGs+ONe}*

Down


1. Intermingle // to make matters worse (8) COMPOUND (DD)
2. Irregular diet generally contributing to weight increase is common (10) WIDESPREAD {W}{DIEt*}{SPREAD} Not sure how 't' goes away from Diet See comments
3. Nation producing oil (6) ANOINT {NATION*}
4. Dying to relax after a month … (7) DECEASE {DEC}{EASE} Is Die=Decease or Dying ?
5. … calling out for a break (8) VOCATION {V(-a+O}CATION}
6. Struggle getting caught in bad habit (4) VICE {VI{C}E}
7. Entertaining film where female's stripped to expose (6) UNVEIL {fUN}{VEIL}
14. Hire people in a small town for work (10) ASSIGNMENT {A}{S}{SIGN}{MEN}{T}
16. Increasing flow through pipe (8) SWELLING {S{WELL}ING}
18. Getting used to taunting that's unpleasant (8) ATTUNING {TAUNTING*}
19. Climbs up a ship that's cleaned regularly (7) ASCENDS {A}{S{ClEaNeD}S}
21. Men joining parts of cycles (6) ORBITS {OR}{BITS}
22. Climbing up boy finding hard to make progress (4,2) PUSH ON {UP<=}{S{H} ON}
24. Late to get morning paper (4) EXAM {EX}{AM}


Reference List
This writer=I, Society=S, One=I, Student=L, Students=NUS (National Union of Students), Small=S
Weight=W, Out=O, Caught=C, Female=F,  Town=T, Ship=SS, Men=OR, Hard=H, Late=Ex, Morning=AM

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