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Like others found this tough to get started. FOI was 3 then very slow progress until 1D opened things up a bit. Last two in were 23 and 25. Still not sure about parsing for last part of 18,19 but the answer seems obvious.
Particularly liked several clues today including 12,13 and 26.

Thanks Christ, I feel very stupid for not seeing it without the hint! Onwards towards the South now!

24a those five letters come from ‘wrecked’ (as in intoxicated)

18,19 I wrote in without thinking too hard about the second word, but now you mention it ??

thanks jono. 2 steps from wrecked seems a little unfair

…see it now. Latitude is one letter inside a four letter word for ‘about’. And it doesn’t involve a reversal of ‘row’ which is quite misleading.

Darla, for John Cage and 14, see [SPOILER ALERT]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qks2EmpPrlc

Jono at 25
Thanks for that, I see it now - I fell for the same reversal of row.

This is a real struggle! I have an answer for 18/19 which fits but can't parse it - and if it's correct I have crossers A, L, D and G for 9 down, which doesn't seem to be a word. Is it a proper name? A composer? Help!

There are two more crossers in 9d, so I can't tell if yours are right. It's a person, but not a specific named one.

I've finished after a long struggle. However, although I have the answer for 16d, I can't parse it.
Hints please.