Across
8
Male detective’s kind of party (8)
10
Degree of warmth attending a kind of party (4)
11
Little rabble in party (4,6)
12
Party where rubbish bags left (6)
14
Piece behind bar broken by drunk, finally – good shot! (8)
15
Small hamper for kind of party (7)
17
Party disrobing heir in spoilt child (7)
20
Reflection of love child, say – as whoopee made? (8)
22
Like dripping taps, odd bits cast in silver (6)
23
Foreign senator keeps party leader in opposition very close (2,4,4)
25
Diva’s first private kind of party (6)
26
Two kinds of party drink (5,3)
Down
1
Driver second if not invested in hard work (5,3)
2
One bird or more soaring? (4)
3
Bottle shown by male driver? (6)
4
State where a woman ruined by gin after a party (7)
6
Miss show that is holding auction (10)
7
Classes where dope given time (6)
13
Sending up light starter in grapefruit, pickled onion on top! (10)
16
Semi-intoxicated, for example, bedding Republican delegate (8)
18
Fancy dress with it, a failure (8)
19
Back of ghetto toured by buddy, I don’t like that part of town (7)
21
Call for help when discovered with a tin, rattled about for collection (6)
22
Kind of party in office after charitable event set up (6)