Monthly Club Special 20,215: Won Ton Soup

4 Disgusted comments about shortage of tennis equipment and ancient cover for horse (10)
SHABRACQUE – BAHS [disgusted comments] reversed + RACQUE{t} [“shortage of” tennis equipment]

9 Policeman protecting island or returning keeps himself involved with fingerprints (10)
POROSCOPIC – COP “protecting” IS OR, reversed = POROSIC, which then “keeps” COP

10 With this and many more you’ll have won judge a lot of time (4)
JEON – J EON [judge | a lot of time]

11 Humanity in Cape Horn wearing uniform repeatedly (6)
UBUNTU – BUNT [horn] wearing U U [uniform, repeatedly]

12 Properly speaking, expansion of N1 without any new empty property (8)
ORTHOEPY – {n}ORTH O{n}E + P{ropert}Y

14 Minutes from part of play area (4)
ACTA – ACT A [part of play | area]

15 Brown horses crossing sort of wilder places to lead them (10)
BRIDLEWAYS – BAYS [brown horses] “crossing” (WILDER*) [“sort of…”]

17 Vigorously descriptive line early in The Flask etc, which Baudelaire wrote (10)
BLOTTESQUE – BOTTLES [The Flask, etc] promotes its L to earlier in the word, + QUE [which, in French]

20 Maybe one of bagpiper’s fingerholes, all left short of second base part (4)
LILL – LLLL, but with the stroke at the base of the second L missing, so it becomes an I

21 Pilgrim festival’s primitive instincts united youth with bit of a laugh (2-2-4)
ID-UL-ADHA – ID U LAD HA [primitive instincts | united | youth | bit of a laugh]

23 Second person to take a cab ride reported good arrangement (6)
EUTAXY – homophone of YOU TAXI [second person | to take a cab ride]

24 Jackal halved progressive plant deteriorations (4)
DIEB – DIEB{acks} [“halved” progressive plant deteriorations]

25 Scottish rebel beginning to win hearts, bigger in Italy with initial majority overturned (10)
WHIGGAMORE – W{in} H, + MAGGIORE with its first 5 (a majority of its 8) letters reversed

26 Liberal banned from full-on organised church until death (1,9)
A L’OUTRANCE – AL{l}-OUT [full-on, “banning” one L] + RAN CE [organised | church]

27 Not a word on Delaware Indian’s homeland (4)
DESH – SH [not a word] on DE [Delaware]

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2 In the view of doctor, hospital ward closure limits resistance for mite with parasitic larva (11)
TROMBICULID – TO MB ICU LID [in the view of | doctor | hospital ward | closure] “limits” R [resistance]

3 Odds on bot developed around algorithmic software as lure for trolling? (9)
SPOONBAIT – SP [odds] + (ON BOT*) [“developed”] around AI [algorithmic software]

4 Die, picking up carbon in black slime (7)
SUCCUMB – reverse all of: C [carbon] in B MUCUS [black | slime]

5 Welsh son of rugby player favoured formula that bars English getting close (15)
APPROPINQUATION – AP [son of, in Welsh] + PROP [rugby player] + IN [favoured] + {e}QUATION [formula, “barring” E for English]

6 It’s true about court seizing current account (7)
RECITAL – REAL [true] about CT [court] “seizing” I [current]

7 Maiden engaged by Elizabeth possibly shortened her devoted poet’s suit (5)
QUEME – M [maiden] “engaged by” QUEE{n} [Elizabeth possibly, “shortened”]

8 Minute enemy’s wasted with minutes to spare (5)
EENSY – (ENE{m}Y’S*) [“wasted”, “sparing” M for minutes]

13 Vineyard pests from pub mounted raid across high fence (11)
PHYLLOXERAS – PH [pub] + reversed SALLY [raid] across OXER [high fence]

16 Judicious US research university will put up with dope going round (4-5)
WELL-TIMED – MIT’LL [US research university will] reversed, with WEED [dope] going round

18 Welsh chief giving away gallons (litres) is a generous person? (7)
ENDOWER – {gl}ENDOWER, giving away his initial G for gallons and L for litres

19 Space on medal, back of George Cross, before being filled with endless resin (7)
EXERGUE – {georg}E + X [cross] + ERE [before] being filled with GU{m} [“endless” resin]

21 God fundamentally involved in distribution of rain? (5)
INDRA – {go}D “involved” in (RAIN*) [“distribution of…”], &lit

22 Spades knocked off certainly are known to rust (5)
UREDO – {s}URE DO [certainly are known to, minus S for spades]