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13. PIA(n)O* around ERASER

5. MO (second) NT (books) ANA (stories)

3. In chess a passed pawn has no other piece preventing its opportunity for progression, hence man with promotion prospects.

PASSED (given) PAW (hand) N (pole)

Thanks for the parses...I still don't understand the "ANA (stories)" in the MONTANA clue.

It crops up now and again, here’s what Chambers says…

aˈna
plural noun
A collection of someone's table talk or of gossip, literary anecdotes or possessions

Thanks Jono, I'd never heard that word before.

26a. Picture tango, with fellow getting closer
THE TERMINATOR

22d. Every so often, turns head to uncover it
UNHAT

25a. People after area in abandoned section of plant
LEAF TRACE

Parses for the above please.

26 T (tango) HE (fellow), with TERMINATOR just meaning someone who closes. Poor clue!

22 every other letter of tUrNs HeAd To

25 A (area) in LEFT (abandoned), then RACE (people). Don't know what it means, though!

Google tells me that a LEAF TRACE is a bundle of fibres going towards a leaf.

Thanks for this, I had to look up "leaf trace" (plant anatomy)