Think I have the answer but, yet again, cannot cryptically parse it. 18a Trump, acquiring name for Mexican leader, snapped "***! Become white!" (4,4) The * is a letter i. T_R_ P_L_ must be TURN PALE...
2 left... 25a Poet in bare study (6) _R_D_N Last bit must be DEN and only poet coming to mind is DRYDEN. That would mean DRY is "bare". Does that make sense and if so, how? 7d Odds still short (5)...
26a Stupid *** gets in *** as magazine proprietor (7) I have.... S_R_B_S Looks like Strobes to me (possibly anagram of "***" and "b" representing "***") but if that is the answer, I...
