Across:
1. Useful crate contains pivot points (6)
5. Careless band infiltrated by US city cops (8)
9. Fade out after a person behind Turk’s Head is incapable of singing in tune (4 4)
10. Top man gets one to do wrong inside gambling house (6)
11. Check out the area and hide reefer in box (4 3 5)
13. Time to have settlement (4)
14. Clumsy, trendy gay divorcee enters (8)
17. Downgrading of French proposal (8)
18. Bore is an endless nightmare! (4)
20. Baffling table of human reorganisation (12)
23. Chap circles penguin (6)
24. Demanding nice tax changes before midnight (8)
25. Surprises celebs let out inside (8)
26. English nudes are upset when followed (6)
Down:
2. About to strip Shaw’s Monsieur? (4)
3. Centre-half scored, sadly without the noise getting louder (9)
4. One badger is relaxed (2 4)
5. Security as part of a crowd with tranquilliser-supplied certainty (6 2 7)
6. Gathers accounts about island (8)
7. Dance in two circles (5)
8. Fault found in a dress Anna redesigned (3 7)
12. Force extra guys to take time capturing head of Nicaraguan administration (10)
15. Traveller returns with ham, egg and sausage starters and passes through (9)
16. His new black chicken is outside creature’s enclosure (8)
19. Remove dead seaman first (6)
21. Badly-laid tar is moving! (5)
22. Notice about newspaper leader being cut (4)
Solution:
FULCRA=SLAPDASH
=P=R=T=A=C=I=A=
TONEDEAF=CASINO
=N=S=A=E=R=C=A=
===CASETHEJOINT
=G=E=E=Y=T===D=
TOWN===INEXPERT
=V=D=F=N=S=E=E=
DEMOTION===REAM
=R===S=U=A=M=S=
UNFATHOMABLE===
=M=S=B=B=L=A=S=
GENTOO=EXACTING
=N=I=W=R=T=E=E=
STARTLES=ENSUED
Name: Puzzle 477
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
1. Hidden in wordplay
5. S [LAPD (= US city cops)] ASH (= band)
9. T(urk) ONE (= a person) DEAF (anag Fade)(angrind = out)
10. C [A (= one) SIN (= do wrong)] O (= Top man)
11. Double Def
13. T(ime) OWN (= have)
14. IN (= trendy) EX (= divorcee) PERT (= gay)
17. DE (= of French) MOTION (= proposal)
18. (D)REAM (= an endless nightmare)
20. UNFATHOMABLE (anag table of human)(anagrind = reorganisation)
23. GENT (= Chap) OO (= circles)
24. EXACTIN (anag nice tax)(anagrind = changes) (ni)G(ht)
25. STAR [TLE (anag let)(anagrind = out)] S (= celebs)
26. E(nglish) NSUED (anag nudes)(anagrind = are upset)
Annos-Down:
2. (Monsieur) (D)UPON(t) - record by Sandie Shaw
3. CRES [CEN(tre)] DO (anag scored)(anagrind = sadly)
4. A (= One) T EASE (= badger)
5. Double Def
6. AC [CRETE (= island)] S (= accounts)
7. DISC O (= two circles)
8. SAN ANDREAS (anag a dress Anna)(anagrind = redesigned)
12. G (= Force) OVER (= extra) N(icaraguan) MEN (= guys) T(ime)
15. PER (= REP reversed) MEAT (= ham) E(gg) S(ausage)
16. F [ISH (anag His)(anagrind = new) B(lack)] OWL (= chicken)
19. AB (= seaman) LATE (= dead)
21. ASTIR (anag tar is)(anagrind = Badly-laid)
22. S [N(ewspaper)] EE (= Notice)
Defs-Across:
1. pivot points
5. Careless
9. incapable of singing in tune
10. gambling house
11. Check out the area
11. hide reefer in box
13. settlement
14. Clumsy
17. Downgrading
18. Bore
20. Baffling
23. penguin
24. Demanding
25. Surprises
26. followed
Defs-Down:
2. About
3. the noise getting louder
4. relaxed
5. Security as part of a crowd
5. tranquilliser-supplied certainty
6. Gathers
7. Dance
8. Fault
12. administration
15. passes through
19. Remove
21. moving
22. cut