Across
8
I see you getting cooler having rolled over tongue (8)
9
Mendicant male snared? (5)
10
Sweet slice ending on plate (4)
11
Forced out leader in removal from office (10)
12
Land inspiring orchestra leader once (6)
14
Rock 2s get hard, each initially intact (8)
17
Spring baby nuzzled by a black horse (7)
20
Capital city is sometimes right, twinned with capital in Argentina (8)
22
Extreme right flees English city at great speed (6)
23
Sweet thing, 2 filled with syrup: has to be consumed (5,5)
25
European champions and Marseille, both ultimately holding United (5)
26
Ancient Greek lines came first in grid-like patterns (8)
Down
1
Announcer’s prompting British obsession? (8)
2
Fancy shuffling of top two cards? (4)
4
Netting in good shape, fail to catch odd fish (7)
5
Better recognition finally in canonised Federer? (8)
6
Attracting shoppers, take turns cutting 2 (10)
7
One’s invariably worse than tipsy 2 (6)
13
Cricketer: how to get answer from S. Warne? (4,6)
16
Insisted sweet confections served like one kind of 2? (8)
18
Rock 2 and tart – one of those is offensive (8)
19
Fruit 2 compared with eats (7)
21
A burden throughout (6)
22
18, one breaking jaw (6)