Across
1
Stripped of crown, old King put back in King’s birthplace (6)
4
Women covering courts to show sports logos (8)
9
Horny beast seen in much of Auld Sod (5)
10
Proposes factions come before Yank’s holiday in report (4,5)
11
Positive on location of closing parenthesis? (5,4)
12
It arrives after November and it’s 13½ inches tall (5)
13
Worry former partner with messy separation (12)
17
Interest expressed by two sailors at sea, shelled fare (5,7)
20
Coolidge escapes catastrophe for peace (5)
21
Penny, a migrant, healed bird (9)
23
Seek treasure perhaps in small island, shady place (5,4)
24
Section of Villanova, home to vaqueros (5)
25
Chewing on something hard: golf ball? (8)
26
Game canine evacuated, cutting cheese (6)
Down
1
Green tea brewed for Joan of Arc when executed? (8)
2
Where Rick played softly, bit of solid gold (5,3)
3
Removing cap, splash in mud where Oddfellows gather (5)
5
Forgoing competition, saving time, leaving no evidence (7,1,5)
6
Blue, rotten apricot or salmon? (3-6)
7
Odist’s dance at church (6)
8
Cleo’s killer beheaded on this spot in field (6)
10
Fixing craps game, I’m an employer of dirty tricks (5,8)
14
Not much money for pair of singers (5,4)
15
Underworld hack rejected secretive body part (8)
16
Figuratively, Olive Oyl, head Bialystok resident? (8)
18
Operatic villain, maybe little green man, one with big ears (6)
19
Doctor issued cause of atrophy (6)
22
Athlete coming from rear in preliminaries (5)