Annotated solutions for Prize 27,980

Across

8 thank you HANKY in OUT (anag)

9 xenon NONE (rev) after X

11 razor-sharp RAZOR’S HARP

12 hippos hardsHIP POSsible (hidden)

14 endanger END/ANGER

15 embrace (ass)EM(bly)/BRACE

17,20 Years of Solitude DO-IT-YOURSELF SEA (anag)

24,24down lovelorn screeN ROLE VOLuntary (hidden rev)

25 links lynx (hom)

26 demerara D(elicit)E/M(eringu)E + RARA (skirt)

Down

1 chromium crow (hom) + M<1>UM

2,10 antelope ANTLE(r) with LE transposed + OPE(N)

3 Cyprus Nicosia (hom) [capital of Cyprus]

4 puzzles ZZ in PULSE (anag)

5 Oxbridge OX + BRIDGE

6,22across,23 One Hundred and One Dalmatians

double def

7 untrue U-TURN (anag) + E

13 parliament PAR<LIAM(Fox)>ENT [parliament of owls]

16 courtesy COURT + YES (anag)

18 omnivore VIN (rev) in ROMEO (anag)

19 veranda oVER AND Above (hidden)

21 oracle 0 in CLEAR (anag)

22 assume AS + EMUS (rev)