Across
8
For middle of month, put in one unknown soldier, historically (8)
9
Back a time and a place for events (5)
10
Dramatically it follows the winter's end, we hear (4)
11
Some February mail — around middle of month lets naive get excited? (10)
12
Springtime festival's call for help (6)
14
British admitting poet wanting to return in April (8)
15
Be scrupulous with slight touch after start of summer (7)
17
March, perhaps, for international event (7)
20
Said with relief where royalty goes in summer sometimes (8)
22
Saint seen in one page of annual publication? In a way that's fair (6)
23
Frantically organises to contain end of spring hostility (10)
24
Stretch between spring and end of autumn (4)
25
Our group on board? Reduced fare from Japan (5)
26
Specimens one removed from tall buildings after test (8)
Down
1
Cause of cloudiness that affects visibility in fall (8)
2
Help for speaker that comes before November (4)
3
Heart specialist's trick taking in Republican on the Fourth of July (6)
4
Information on courses, some tribally set up (7)
5
You can't miss it on board at sea before year's end (4,4)
6
Names dynasty one's located among offspring being raised (10)
7
Oktoberfest setting for local by replacing TV, bit by bit, in pub (6)
13
Russian revolutionary's exceptÂionally discreet about doctor (10)
16
Test ground with it, as rule (8)
18
Violently attacked about pound being rescued (8)
19
Upset last month over mail being misdirected, it's asserted (7)
21
A flurry about Burmese title that's imposing (6)
22
Place in Alaska where gold's found after start of summer (6)
24
Short part of year for some Irish clan (4)