Financial Times 14,918 by PETO

A good, fair puzzle. Thanks, Peto (love the name, by the way).

Across
1	DECAMP	Split in Democratic party over the onset of Europhobia (6) D for Democratic plus E, the first letter of Europhobia plus CAMP, a faction or party
4	WALLER	Fighting to include lines by European poet (6) WAR with LL for lines and E for European inserted. We presume the poet concerned is Edmund Waller (the writer of Go, Lovely Rose), but it could also be Robert Waller, a much more recent poet.
8	COLDISH	Somewhat chilly and quiet after last couple leave POW camp (7) COLDI (Colditz minus the last couple of letters) plus SH for quiet.
9	ENCHANT	Delight in French song (7) EN (French for in) plus CHANT (song)
11	HEAVY METAL	Have May let Dicky lead perhaps (5,5) An anagram (dicky) of Have May let
12	VIAL	Sassoon loses top of disinfectant bottle (4) The celebrity crimper Vidal Sassoon minus D, the first letter of disinfectant
13	SHRED	Republican cuts get rid of a small amount (5) R for Republican inserted into SHED, dispose of
14	TURGENEV	Press baron finally introduced to left-leaning screen writer (8) URGE (press) plus N (final letter of baron) in TEV (vet, or screen, backwards or left-leaning)
16	BAR CHART	It shows comparative amounts of bass and troutlike fish caught by trickery (3,5) B for bass plus ART (trickery) with CHAR (a trout-like fish) inserted.
18	CAMEL	Train traveller arrived at Malmo Central (5) CAME (arrived) plus the middle letter of Malmo. Think camel train.
20	REAR	Miserable daughter left behind (4) Drear minus d for daughter. We liked this one.
21	COR ANGLAIS	Carol sang and I played an instrument (3,7) An anagram of Carol, sang and I
23	CROONER	In Norfolk town working for Miles as a singer (7) Cromer (you can bet the Norfolk town will be Cromer or Diss in crosswords) with the m for miles replaced by on (working)
24	AINTREE	Excellent books about England�s earliest racecourse (7) AI (excellent) plus NT (New Testament or books) plus RE (concerning) plus E (first letter of England)
25	MASKED	What Zorro was requested to answer after mass (6) M for mass plus asked (requested)
26	DETAIL	Small part from the East German song about thanks (6) DEIL (a reversal or from the East of Lied, the German word for song) with Ta ot thank you inserted
Down
1	DRONE	Extremely dapper � the same as Bingo Little for example (5) DR (the extreme letters of dapper) plus ONE as in one and the same. Bingo was Bertie Wooster’s chum and fellow-member of the Drones Club.
2	CADAVER	Stiff clergyman upset after cocaine is found on girl (7) C for cocaine plus ADA, a girl, plus VER (Rev backwards or upset). “Stiff” is criminal argot for a dead body.
3	MASS MEDIA	Academic dispute missed by American newspapers for instance (4,5) An anagram of MA (an academic) plus MISSED plus A for American
5	ANNUL	Girl meeting Quilp oddly neglected to cancel (5) The girl is ANN. The even letters of Quilp are U and L (oddly neglected).
6	LE HAVRE	Port Vale hero failing to finish surprisingly (2,5) An anagram of Vale and Hero (without its final letter o)
7	RING A BELL	Stream outside oddly began to sound familiar (4,1,4) An anagram of began placed inside RILL (a stream).
10	STATUTORY	Teacher involved in check required by law (9) Tutpr (teacher) placed inside Stay (check).
13	SNARE DRUM	Rub out answer about recipient of beating (5,4) Murder (rub out) plus ANS(answer) all reversed.
15	RECONDITE	Little known version of eastern doctrine (9) An anagram of E (eastern) plus doctrine.
17	CURIOUS	Unusual when a scoundrel promises to pay (7) Cur (scoundrel) plus IOUS (I owe you notes or promises to pay).
19	MILITIA	I follow it during training of Mali reservists (7) IT followed by I placed inside an anagram of Mali.
21	CREPE	Evident in mediocre performer�s material (5) Hidden (or evident) within mediocre performer’s.
22	IDEAL	Perfect piece of imitation wood (5) I for imitation plus Deal (wood)

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