Across
1
Olden (i.e. retro) housing owner? No (6)
5
King doing a U-turn on primary headwear (8)
9
Major city’s society put up hospital with computer technology (8)
10
It’s routinely filled by a minor agent with relief, perversely! (6)
11
Cold outbreak between flights here prompts emergency action (5-7)
13
Reinforced housing data (4)
14
Who’s bothered about mite when performance starts? (8)
17
Artist’s mountain resort (8)
18
Look, one’s in pieces (4)
20
Stiff tongue that reveals your true feelings? (4,8)
23
Optical feature’s nucleus almost within reach – almost (6)
24
Weight of detailed, misshapen rocks (8)
25
Epic character extracted dues – so, yes, heartless (8)
26
Lionel’s cracking surface decoration (6)
Down
2
Newspaper essential to free choice? (4)
3
If one has name and number taken by copper, ring Guardian – ‘Blameless!’ (9)
4
One in three casually put back on the burner? (6)
5
Thousand things to be settled, going forward – that covers the whole board (7,8)
6
Car part needs right sort of aid (roll-up) (8)
7
Firm confiscates ball collection (5)
8
One isn’t this emphatically less sensitive (4,6)
12
Human tornado with hip replacement! (10)
15
To toughen up, partook of mild (9)
16
Division, about to go over Georgia, turned back (8)
19
Snake – shot it with a tracking movement (6)
21
‘Theatre in the blue’ over a long time (5)
22
Fellow Brummie is going to charge (4)