Across:
7. Extreme characters go after best jewel (5)
8. This provides info for female group to work out getting princess in car (9)
9. Heavens! Runners capture European leader! (5)
10. Times to madly preen paws! (9)
12. Enemy lost PC in confusion of organ removal (11)
16. Set item in support (4)
17. Poet is near heart of Bronx (5)
18. Thump leaders of ten horrible urban districts! (4)
19. Clouds of salt as trout is cooked! (11)
22. Meet trendy short heartless count (9)
24. I bath weirdly in dress! (5)
25. Plainly terrible unknown internal depression (9)
26. Verbal delivery in Anchorage (5)
Down:
1. Tommy, for instance, has a lot of time after stone work (4 5)
2. Encourage to get rid of ten inside when free from duty (3 6)
3. I am captivated by Lawrence’s sentence (4)
4. Distribute teams inside randomly (11)
5. Fourth loud sound goes out from part of organ (5)
6. Function with power (5)
11. I make music after new brave student is speaking (11)
13. Booster for you in Paris to initially remove smell (5)
14. Manoeuvre stone beneath layers (9)
15. Exult wildly about Mr Geller having a wallow! (9)
20. Rogue found in back end part of church (5)
21. Study unknown set up (5)
23. Shout about everything! (4)
Solution:
=R=T===T=D=P=S=
TOPAZ=WIKIPEDIA
=C=X===M=S=D=N=
SKIES=NEWSPAPER
=O=X=V===E=L=W=
SPLENECTOMY====
=E=M=R=U=I=S=L=
PROP=BYRON=THUD
=A=T=A=B=A=R=X=
====ALTOSTRATUS
=K=R=I===E=T=R=
INTERSECT=HABIT
=A=A=I=A===G=A=
EVIDENTLY=BERTH
=E=Y=G=L===M=E=
Name: Puzzle 465
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
7. TOP (= best) AZ (= extreme characters)
8. WI (= female group) KI [PE (= work out) DI (= princess)] A (= car)
9. SKI [E(uropean)] S (= Runners)
10. NEWSPAPER (anag preen paws)(anagrind = madly)
12. SPLENECTOMY (anag Enemy lost PC)(anagrind = in confusion)
16. Double Def
17. BY (= near) (B)RON(x)
18. T(en) H(orrible) U(rban) D(istricts)
19. ALTOSTRATUS (anag salt as trout)(anagrind = is cooked)
22. IN (= trendy) TERSE (= short) C(oun)T
24. HABIT (anag I bath)(anagrind = weirdly)
25. EVI [DENT (= depression)] L (= terrible) Y (= unknown)
26. BERTH (homophone of Birth)
Annos-Down:
1. ROCK (= stone) OP (= work) ERA (= a lot of time)
2. T [AXE (= get rid of) X (= ten)] EMPT (= Encourage)
3. T (I'M) E (= Lawrence)
4. DISSEMINATE (anag teams inside)(anagrind = randomly)
5. PE [D (= Fourth)] AL (loud sound)
6. SINE (= Function) W(ith)
11. VERBA (anag brave)(anagrind = new) L (= student) ISING (= I make music)
13. TU (= you in Paris) R(emove) BO (= smell)
14. STRATA (= layers) GEM (= stone)
15. LUX [URI (= Mr Geller) A] TE (anag Exult)(anagrind = wildly)
20. (bac)K NAVE (= part of church)
21. READ (= Study) Y (= unknown)
23. C (= about) ALL (= everything)
Defs-Across:
7. jewel
8. This provides info
9. Heavens
10. Times
12. organ removal
16. Set item
16. support
17. Poet
18. Thump
19. Clouds
22. Meet
24. dress
25. Plainly
26. Anchorage
Defs-Down:
1. Tommy, for instance
2. free from duty
3. sentence
4. Distribute
5. part of organ
6. power
11. speaking
13. Booster
14. Manoeuvre
15. wallow
20. Rogue
21. set up
23. Shout