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I am struggling.

Can I ask for some pointers please?

What kind of clues are:

6/10/17/19/24/25/26 across?

7/8/18/19/21/22 down?

I don’t know how to access these clues.

Not sure I understand the question.
In the acrosses, for instance:

6 is a cryptic definition
10 a double definition
17 a homophone
etc.

References:

https://cryptics.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Setting_and_solving_aids

https://www.crosswordunclued.com/2008/09/dictionary.html

If this is helpful, I can give more pointers on the clue types.

For the rest of the acrosses:

19 is a double definition (not a great one IMO)
24 a reversal of a charade
25 a reversal
26 a charade

Thank you.

I am always impressed by people saying these are easy. I have never been close to finishing one.

Are you able to advise what kind of clues the down ones are please?

Coming right up. Downs:

7 is a charade, with the second part an anagram
8 a charade
18 an anagram
19 a letter shift
21 a "first letters" clue (one of the letters the trademark indicator for "Everyman")
22 a hidden

Brutally difficult for my abilities I’m afraid.

Is 18d an anagram of BANANAS?

6a and 10a might as well be written in Swahili!

Bananas is the anagram indicator.

18d: need to introduce some crossword terminology. 18 is an anagram (indicated by "bananas") of "lauding". In crossword speak, "bananas" is the anagrind and "lauding" the anagrist. See references above.

6a: what speech condition would cause the 2 key words to be pronounced alike? Cryptic definition.

10a: This one took me a while. A word which can mean "fell" (noun in UK English) or "dock" (verb in a nautical sense). Think Othello. 🤣 Double definition.

Don't give up, druh6sm. These things come with experience. I still struggle with clues involving cricket terms. But after a while you come to recognize certain things, such as "bananas" means to anagram an adjacent word (or words sometimes.) 6a is just a sort of joke. Think about how the words thane and sane are related. 10a is what's known as a double definition, which means the clue entry can be defined by both "fell" and "dock." Think of "fell" in its topographical meaning.