Across
| 1 | Sorcerers' battle uses a key (8) |
| 6 | I'm holding the empty thing (4) |
| 8 | Sweep in front of big room (5) |
| 9 | Wall Street employee returns brightly-colored illustrations (6) |
| 11 | Teenage hero nearly makes wedding promise (1,2) |
| 12 | Puts down songs (4) |
| 16 | Lone whale swimming for this puzzle's theme (9) |
| 19 | Viking explorer tossed rice (4) |
| 21 | Sad, distorted commercials (3) |
| 23 | Perform gag around time for soldier's indentification (3,3) |
| 24 | Good partygiver in costume made from a white sheet? (5) |
| 25 | Knowing at heart his crazy desire (4) |
| 26 | Back around end of April, act weird; it might mean bad luck? (5,3) |
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Down
| 1 | She might cast a spell with...with...bit of conjuring (5) |
| 2 | Truly come from behind, grasping last bit of hope (6) |
| 3 | So be yourself inside, and follow the teacher's instructions (4) |
| 4 | Okay to return one Japanese goldfish (3) |
| 5 | Transmogrify part of air you can see? (4) |
| 7 | Start to talk, run, and eat one choice on 16A? (5) |
| 10 | Lead astray in valley (4) |
| 13 | Drink in small hairpiece (4) |
| 14 | He initially crumpled ticket, half frantic (6) |
| 15 | Taxes restructured in the second-largest state (5) |
| 17 | We hear he'll rescue a damsel in distress when the sun is down (5) |
| 18 | Gabs about candy holders on 16A? (4) |
| 20 | On-campus military program seen in tarot cards (4) |
| 22 | Roman god of the sun is so large (3) |
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