Clues

1-across – O, Willie! Mr T’s on! What a beano! Could this be a wealth-creation programme? : WHOWANTSTOBE

8-across – Less than perfect trade agreement from seat of learning : UNIDEAL

9-across – Disraeli’s Christian hero bitterly recanted out East : TANCRED

11-across – Platters hit the sole surviving solver : ONLYYOU

12-across – See 7 : MOUTHIS

13-across – Red Queen swapped places and proved she was human? : ERRED

14-across – See 7 : WHEREONES

16-across – Whence Condon’s candidate had hardhearted man at papal court : MANCHURIA

19-across – Solecism committed with fawning affectation : GAFFE

21-across – Space executive left one’s monkey in this : NASALIS

23-across – A Moor’s downfall a fallen woman? : AMOROSA

24-across – Main offenders suspended from this branch of the Met? : YARDARM

25-across – Holy smoke! : INCENSE

26-across – See 1 : AMILLIONAIRE

1-down – Sound of a mighty theatre organ: it’s going like a dervish : WHIRLER

2-down – Polyphemus was like a god to Mad Carew : ONEEYED

3-down – No one left to strike in this conflict? : ALLOUTWAR

4-down – Figure worshipped in a Shinto temple : TOTEM

5-down – Saint seeking neurosurgery on Cadfael’s patch : TONSURE

6-down – Sand-dune to obstruct a Mongol ruler : BARKHAN

7-down – Misspent youth! Hereon we use mono-construction to give practical backing : PUTONESMONEY

10-down – Eyesore from Hell, like a rare and classical mess : DISASTERAREA

15-down – Issue voiced from the Miss Woodhouse country : EMANATION

17-down – Specious specific in no way unusual : NOSTRUM

18-down – The grip of the omnium-gatherum? : HOLDALL

19-down – Soundly criticise Italy’s dumplings : GNOCCHI

20-down – Trimming shortened measure in a pint : FLOUNCE

22-down – Doubtful Greek character: mother’s raising another! : SAMPI

1-across – Tick awarded in exam for high marks : CREDIT

5-across – Rejected just for being unqualified : OUTRIGHT

9-across – Surgeon upset about cold sponge : SCROUNGE

10-across – An award for record achievement : GRAMMY

11-across – Family ties for mother’s boy : APRONSTRINGS

13-across – Jump bail in Asian isle : BALI

14-across – Response of soldiers in the van of battle : REACTION

17-across – Order alteration in grey coat : CATEGORY

18-across – Charitable group : KIND

20-across – Contenders for the high jump : PARATROOPERS

23-across – Short notice : ADVERT

24-across – Larry won somehow, but not by a lot : NARROWLY

25-across – A king goes to one US state and then another : ARKANSAS

26-across – Knock out some facts about aircraft : DAKOTA

2-down – Run for water : RACE

3-down – Go fishing, but keep in touch : DROPALINE

4-down – Holding up catch on Yorkshire river : TENURE

5-down – In which to find sea dogs? : OCEANGREYHOUNDS

6-down – Though fast with a roll of notes, he’s very stingy : TIGHTWAD

7-down – Question One is on Irish force seen in the Middle East : IRAQI

8-down – Villa stadium may be familiar territory : HOMEGROUND

12-down – Adam learns about a red-hot poker : SALAMANDER

15-down – Shopkeepers must – shoplifters do : TAKESTOCK

16-down – Greek coasters in a storm : SOCRATES

19-down – Are in debt, but managed to bring up the children : REARED

21-down – Earn a special place in the sporting world : ARENA

22-down – An opening possibly lost : SLOT

8-across – One opposed to clergyman going round healing : CURATIVE

9-across – Tax imposed on car repairs and neckwear : CRAVAT

10-across – Dramatic scene at one point on vessel : SKETCH

11-across – Decorated, we hear, but charge too much : OVERLADE

12-across – Support for speculator : BEAR

13-across – Number of novel steps taken when war broke out : THIRTYNINE

15-across – Stupefied by artful goddess in bed : BEMUSED

16-across – Goes for record in pub game : DEPARTS

18-across – Rely on scrambled egg, say, to inspire poem : GRAYSELEGY

19-across – Condescend to sound like a dog : DANE

20-across – Romantic escapades, but sounding business-like : AFFAIRES

22-across – A through line is for the birds : AVIARY

23-across – Buy shares, though not fully covered, it seems : INVEST

24-across – Understood to be in assembly : GATHERED

1-down – Novel fruit found by European : HUCKLEBERRYFINN

2-down – City with least potenti-ality to produce literary masterpiece : CANTERBURYTALES

3-down – Conservatives present at that precise spot : RIGHTTHERE

4-down – Ask about one, a plant : BEGONIA

5-down – Account male responsible for continued pain : ACHE

6-down – Enter Queer Street to attack Dickens work : FALLONHARDTIMES

7-down – Bear getting fresh in London : PADDINGTONGREEN

14-down – Dramatic work produced by testy hands? : THEDYNASTS

17-down – Errand of sorcerer bearing letter : MESSAGE

21-down – Working cycle going up a hill : ROTA

8-across – One taking turns to make people rich? : ROULETTE

9-across – See 8 : WHEEL

10-across – Exhausted, in need of first aid in punt : BEAT

11-across – Disobedience leads to ruin unless corrected : UNRULINESS

12-across – Brief staff about staggering costs of old locomotive : FLYING

14-across – See 12 : SCOTSMAN

15-across – Undersized bananas returned by man : STUNTED

17-across – In time, pity makes you embarrassed : ASHAMED

20-across – Contrary talk : CONVERSE

22-across – Fake keepers at zoo, well concealed : ERSATZ

23-across – Uncle felt a change in the wind : FLATULENCE

24-across – Applaud company returns around April 1st : CLAP

25-across – In Heaven, fish salesman is accepted as blameless : ABOVE

26-across – See 25 : REPROACH

1-down – Deal with lease which retired persons are under? : COVERLET

2-down – Plan using one less guide : PLOT

3-down – Good man telephoned after being tied up : STRUNG

4-down – Cool prophet upset about father getting hard : REFRESH

5-down – Believes there’s flounder on board : SWALLOWS

6-down – When getting married, say, send new form : WEDNESDAYS

7-down – Unfortunately kaput, but not put here : ALASKA

13-down – Novelty pub gets a round of applause : INNOVATION

16-down – Recorded by Rod and Ellen Turner : ENROLLED

18-down – Family name is inserted under hospital department admission : ENTRANCE

19-down – Year-end renovation of cathedral official’s house : DEANERY

21-down – Ring Ian about 50/100 lubricant container : OILCAN

22-down – Former temp working for free : EXEMPT

24-down – Produce a whip : CROP

1-across – Prohibit return of dog put inside : BANGUP

5-across – Split a trifle with dry inside : BISECT

8-across – Retroactive virus disposes of gadget : GUBBINS

9-across – Stunned and prepared for burial : LAIDOUT

11-across – Proceeding more or less OK, being correctly pointed? : ONTHERIGHTLINES

12-across – Outstanding actors’ horoscope : STAR

13-across – Cat that sounds like a little bird: I see, but I shouldn’t : PEEPINGTOM

17-across – Portable power source for teetotal assault : DRYBATTERY

18-across – See 12 : CAST

20-across – Nuts? Raving: then a clue is needed : VEGETARIANLUNCH

23-across – Silvery metal carrier, one with peculiar surroundings : RHODIUM

24-across – First potatoes? You shouldn’t believe what you hear! : EARLIES

25-across – Where blame and pollen are attached : STIGMA

26-across – Leather worker, half of 6 : TANNER

2-down – Capricious piece by artist on railway after sunrise? : ARBITRARY

3-down – Land of 21 6s : GUINEA

4-down – Tiresome way to get over the wall when confined outside : PESTILENT

5-down – Sir Toby to be left at church : BELCH

6-down – All those cut off have badly inserted in bone with string : SHILLING

7-down – 5 6s per head? : CROWN

8-down – Undercoats should be disregarded : GLOSSEDOVER

10-down – Internationals prove suitable partners : TESTMATCHES

14-down – Rail’s way forward includes hair on a pole : PERMANENT

15-down – Rail journey: if wet, by river in flow : TRAINRIDE

16-down – …of such a remote object comes to 21 : FARTHING

19-down – 2 6s for keeping student at home : FLORIN

21-down – One of John’s is 3rd of 6 : GROAT

22-down – Dance that is sweet when the last part’s repeated : RUMBA