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8, con(te)stant.

13, Prospero was the Duke of Milan.
Remove nothing, prosper(o).

25, Is it contract, rather than contact?
Contract bridge is a card game.
A bridge links two banks.

Oh dear... your batch has increased in number again !
Too much scrolling for me.....
16 Shakespeare character is Ophelia.
H(hard) and OP(work) + Elia (work by Charles Lamb)

5a. the whole clue is exactly the definition. Google talon

6d um (reversed) + squash ( put down

12a repair (verb) go to (a place) + able (expert)

17d peg is a measure (60ml) of drink + board (table)

Sorry, will try to restrict clues to batches of 6...think it was 8 this time.

Never heard of peg, prospero , Ophelia or Charles Lamb...no wonder I struggled.

P.s.....yes, it should say CONTRACT, not contact re, the BRIDGE clue.


Cheers

FOUR clues in this batch...

12a. Improving continuously with the intervention of unnamed people
ON THE MEND

22a. Crack appearing in head and tail of dart
TOP-FLIGHT

26a. Getting mean, claim against Government leader
AVERAGING

20d. See-saw almost upset Asian
MONGOL

Parses for the above please.