Across
1
Meal from Germany, skipping starter of herring perhaps (4)
3
Sweep your hand across mallard: Spooner’s lost for words (10)
9
Yobbo in defeat changing sides (4)
10
See darn rowers successfully diet (4,6)
12
Ha! Giants fan lost in the country (11)
15
One in theatre’s rushin’ to be heard (7)
16
Son becoming cold, most pale and most painful (7)
17
Swanky do took in virtuous knight (7)
19
As lunch, desultorily eaten, still keeping officebound, principally? (2,5)
20
Communicative, as expected (11)
23
Of value to protect company, that’s obvious early on (10)
24
Abruptly: Run for it! A biting beastie! (4)
25
Got a merger in trouble? Borrow more (10)
26
Pine feature of guitar (4)
Down
1
$500 girl loans foolishly (6,4)
2
Workshy mended rugs – gladly? (10)
4
Somewhat froufrou top I antiqued, expecting impossibly good outcome? (7)
5
Busy type churning feta for hearty beverage (4,3)
6
Opportunity to hide ore, not refined (3,2,3,4)
7
15 suppressing this impulse (4)
8
Assemblages in humorous burlesque, cycling (4)
11
Book large hotel suite? Give us an address (4,3,5)
13
Hollywood funnyman seeing Scottish mountain, increasingly serene (3,7)
14
Finally ants all got slaughtered (2,4,4)
18
Dear Director, Rugby player Will will miss opening (7)
19
Warning from German: sadly can’t hug (7)
21
Pole performs hiphop about box (4)
22
Group working together rejected Everyman, tense, hiding hint of anger (4)