Bit of a struggle today. 9a Often visits and scorns (10) 5d Add one's voice again, almost too late - bravo! (7) is it "overdub"? Not that I've heard of that as a word
Totally stuck on top RH corner!
5a Custodian visibly pained twice in retreat (6)
12a Spooner's rough method in which "i"s are dotted twice
m-r--/-o--...
I'm finding today's a struggle.
10d Surprised expression before attacks from airborne in battle (8)
15d Disco classic, If Slippery Character Comes to Nothing (italics) 1,4,4,
(I will?????)...
15a Illicitly trade in what may protect limb (7) b---l-- 14d Little money invested in two scams, one's fleeced in certain cirles, thus? (10) Also, 26 a open airs locations where gunpowder may be...
16a Ostentation shown by Medicis regularly in grand old city o-m-s-i 9a Energy shown by 19th most popular players I had "seeds " but then: 10d Hurting, Everyman's upset, seeking damages involving...
Brain very slow today! 8d Bashed on a cut (10) 13d Thought permission renewed (10) and 24a Foreign national, first to attend university in retirement, to sail through non-technical studies (10)...
I'm glad I wasn't around for the first one! Can't see any theme, so far, but specifically: 5a Weak shell of elegant mollusc (6) Also: 1a Casseroles, say, old and new, Vera smashed (8) anything to do...
I think I've made a bit of a horlicks of the top left! 1a Tiptoes, as feet made of these (6) I've got "insteps" but what is: 2d Soup from prisoner on battlefield (8) which is presumably, "consomme"?...
9a 2000s Prime Minister: money's no longer with us 5,5 ? I think I may have x2 wrong: 3d Charlie and Les getting credit for wicked thing 11 I've got "candlestick"? 14d Perhaps aviators magnificent...