Across
1
Make known Imogen is to leave (6)
4
Force moving mass to part of gut (8)
9
A depression around 5 December, mostly (6)
10
Prepare me a blunt sedative (8)
11
Little pests come silently: by end of day, crop is flattened (6-8)
13
My view is available on request (2,3,3,2)
14
Love what fallen hero becomes, they say (4)
16
Gently persuade to announce drinks (4)
18
Green annual meeting not disrupted? (10)
21
Dad’s right, each year’s a very long time – after the first, go (9,5)
23
Left impression, puncturing smart politician (8)
24
Book Suzi? Time to move on (6)
25
They pick the last of the readers (8)
26
Second sight of the French uniform on volcanic island a bit off (4,2)
Down
1
One is a Muslim leader (4)
2
Feebleness of verse amid superior work, rhymes initially out of place (7)
3
One making hasty repair, taking only a second (6-2)
5
Dreamy prediction of creamy onion soup (11)
6
Bent pipes fitted in fuel bowser (6)
7
Songsters no end shy, internally tense on edges of copse (7)
8
Distance indicator in case somebody takes motorway first (9)
12
Strange mysteries in TV series (3,8)
13
Old American, light skinned, holding British to be useless (9)
15
Non-tenured job that’s a cushy one, getting in at the top (8)
17
Champion, uptight inside, has to get going (7)
19
Article on tax turning up in restaurant (7)
20
A rook and a rodent revealed when flood receded (6)
22
Naff way Americans treat colour (3-1)