The Guardian - Cryptic crossword No 26,026 - Aug 14 2013

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Alkaline substances holding up attempt to make porcelain LIMOGES
Check writer's material for gap CHINK
Coats I see being altered? China uses them to keep warm TEACOSIES
Compare Liberal former president with new LIKEN
Cut of meat in lunch in eatery CHINE
Doctor moved carefully and cleared out bed DREDGED
Drawing out, for example, about legal measure, briefly ELICITING
Empty space left in row BLANK
Epic poem in which one macho man eclipses another one ILIAD
European seen in London club, a place that attracts many MECCA
Garbage collector's brood born at home LITTERBIN
How scholar gains recognition, gradually BYDEGREES
I talk nonsensically about Maori dance, Indian dance KATHAKALI
Insect, at very end, finally caught by child KATYDID
Jet — to get hence to 24 via 5 down, 7 etc, 18 across, 15? BLACK
Like diamonds making corrupt mob rich RHOMBIC
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Listener stirred with no end of emotion — that's how theatre should be STERILE
Made nasty statements in second piece BACKBIT
Musician has material for strings, including one form of sitar GUITARIST
Noise made by chains in prison CLINK
Part of tomahawk found somewhere on the Missouri OMAHA
Plaintive cry from husband entering port, perhaps WHINE
Provide updated description for insurgent outside US city RELABEL
Raising dough, pound area in later part of day LEAVENING
React with surprise as bachelor's put on tie BLINK
Reduce burden at university to become more relaxed LIGHTENUP
Restricted middle section used to be soft, then it was revised WASPWAIST
Tansies stewed, making medicinal drinks TISANES
Unfinished lair located south of river, placed in bank DEPOSITED
Use an axe, I note, to argue contentiously CHOPLOGIC
Very fast way to cope with lack of corkscrew? BREAKNECK
Why is tea endlessly combined with milk? WHITE