Annotated solutions for Prize 29,057

Across

8 manacled M<A/NaCl>ED [sodium chloride (NaCl)]

9 icons musIC ON Stage (hidden)

10 aqua A(thletics)/QUA

11 diligently LID (rev) + I GENTLY

12 tempos sysTEM POSsibly (hidden)

14 trembles TRE<M(aiden)>BLES

15 in limbo 1 + N<LIMB>O

17 Tristan TRANSIT (anag)

20 Sancerre N (new) in ERR in CASE (anag)

22 Caesar C<SEA(anag)>AR

23 Wellington W(ife) + (Duke) ELLINGTON

24 deer cryptic def [does don’t have antlers)

25 Hines (Earl) (s)HINES

26 Franklin FRANK + NIL (rev) [Benjamin]

Down

1 May queen MAY + QUEEN (rock band)

2 Gaga (Lady) GAG/A

3 Gladys G(ood)/LADY’S [Gladys Knight]

4 adulate ADUL(t)/ATE

5 King Lear KIN + REGAL (anag)

6 Count Basie COUNT + BAS<1>E

7 Isolde LIED SO (anag) [Tristan at 17 across]

13 princeling RING PENCIL (anag)

16 baroness BAR/ONE’S/S(on)

18 academic double def

19 rectify RE<C(our)T>IFY

21 Aretha A + HEART (anag) [Aretha Franklin, Queen of Soul]

22 Conrad ON CARD (anag)

24 duke double def [fist]