Across
8
Nomadic drunk going round India or some island (8)
9
Sculptures of at least three Greek characters (6)
10
Dynamic individual that one should avoid contact with (4,4)
11
Foody occasions – relations will eat each bit (3,7)
12
Great rift when cleric embraces heresy finally (6)
14
Mournful type's hit record (8)
15
Socialite and seductress ditching husband, a composer (7)
17
A man involved in no branch of science (7)
20
Program location containing nothing suitable (8)
23
Fellows having little energy and fevers on Scottish island (10)
24
Release a bit of cricket equipment (4)
25
American university's short tree or shrub (6)
26
Sign given by head of militia abandoning tanks (8)
Down
1
One VIP turning up to confront saint (8)
3
Poet gets post but not a great deal (6)
4
Bar friend with a platitudinous style (7)
5
Soldier with Eastern weapon within reach (8)
6
Job of gun dog being derided (7,3,4)
7
Some of these Ravel rejected as a composer (6)
13
Your legs collapsed, climbing the stairs? That's unimaginable! (3,7,4,2,2)
16
'Relatively calm' perhaps is a label at sea (8)
19
Reading University impeding a girl (7)
21
Concert with huge pieces of publicity (6)
22
Result of wearing bra creates a row (4-2)