Across
8
After short dash caught fish that’s come too close (8)
9
Does some housework, run off feet (6)
10
Comes into lots of land: who from abroad is squatting? (8)
12
Spread animosity at uni, filthy swine? I already knew about that (2,4,4,2,3)
15
Competitor, one who has turned up without filling in card (5)
16
Check on a rod for fish (5)
20
Tusker has to be in pain, carrying round this on the face? (6,9)
21
Gap that all can see in ruined canal (6)
23
Abjuring alcohol, holding parties sadly’s ending in farce (8)
25
Hours on knees ultimately enthusiastic about ancestor worship (6)
26
Put hands together on mouth creating gibberish (8)
Down
1
Keep rapping: that may lead to a scrum (5-2)
2
Less comfortable indoors, young relative takes in US state one part at a time (10)
3
Agree not to vote, even in France (4)
4
Overgrown with prickles, front of house is with predictable exceptions totally covered (7)
5
Madman in church starts to rebuke several people unable to keep quiet (10)
6
One bird following another (4)
7
Repairman captures a snake (7)
13
Interpreter cis for now, might we hear? (10)
14
Pouch closed, filled with noodle soup: capital! (10)
17
Change a nasty sweet filling (7)
18
In part of joint, a thousand erotic moves (7)
19
Two infusions to finish off menu in country house (7)
22
Some beautiful Namibians, one on each arm (4)
24
A wife always on holiday? (4)