Across
1
Fetch coals, kindling and what to clean up with (4,6)
6
Bar, one offering pork pie that's been recalled (4)
9
Spooner's to be bold enough to divulge honest transaction (6,4)
12
Island in plaza renovated with evenly built-in stone (5,6)
15
Hard seeing stories' heroes topless, wanting clothing (7)
16
Smoothly operated, not beginning to see bureaucracy (3,4)
17
Farfalle grocer hides quickly (7)
19
Seen in sonar: 'Whale ... another whale' (7)
20
Make improvements to cello lacking content in performance (11)
23
China about to tip over, making loud noise (4)
24
Not changing oil, I'm not coming home for starters, having broken down (10)
25
What makes breeze breathe? (4)
26
Sportspeople fight in front of nightspot (6,4)
Down
2
Every now and then, coloured part of puzzle (4)
3
Grins, having coal and gin prepared for festive event (5,7)
4
Everyman put in dictionary: 'pu's a Greek character' (7)
5
Animal's eaten acre, made to go on run, sounding less healthy (7)
7
A renowned tennis hero; universally respected American sportsman; his excellence spotted early on? (6,4)
8
Crookedly makes cuts, unedifyingly including education (10)
11
How bells may be sounded: loudly, expressing distress (4-8)
13
Dramatic recital that almost worked (10)
14
Old scrawl's deciphered with unparalleled skill (5-5)
18
Regularly dropping oars, I annoy cox endlessly leading us to river (7)
19
Safari destination's Guyana; I rob ibises' nests (7)
21
Pulse noted as children's author has heart transplant (4)
22
Ultimately, this taxi's not one loved by unions (4)