Guardian Prize 26113

[Tilly2]

Last one
18 ac God requires name for the shape in some states. (9)

P?N?A?D?E

I want it to be pentangle but I know it can't be.

[scorpiojo]

Panhandle

[Tilly2]

Doh! Thank you, scorpiojo.

[scorpiojo]

You're welcome and thank you.

[Cryptomaniac]

Just like to join this string - puzzle complete, but help needed with parsing:
7d: Right abandoning summit as hellish (5). Presumably AWFUL as fits definition, but how does the rest work?
16d: Unreliable point in material brought up to support article (9). Again, presumably ANECDOTAL which fits definition. Can see the article and point, but how does the rest work?
26ac: Green ball, then the brown one of the three (5). Presumably OLIVE as fits definition, but how does the rest work?

[scorpiojo]

(L) awful?

[scorpiojo]

Olive green O + brown (live wire)

[scorpiojo]

An article + lace material + dot point? Sorry, best I can do!

[Mamyalynne]

article [AN] point [DOT] in LACE [back]

[glasman]

point-dot
material-lace
article-an

[Cryptomaniac]

Thanks to all. Like all the explanations, although AWFUL still puzzling me. I think the other two would have puzzled me for ever - even though I know how to wire up a plug!

[scorpiojo]

If you take the summit (l) from lawful