ACROSS

7. Carrying on affairs (8,2,5)
9. Deem a tequila mixed without lime sufficient (8)
10. Pictures inverted in cathedrals, e.g. Amiens (6)
11. Have high regard for hero of US independence (6)
12. Down-and-out extracted from a broken snare, perhaps (8)
14. Cover for one's retirement (7)
17. Sportsman at hospital allowed medicine at last (7)
19. With no care, trap cetacean cruelly to make meat product (8)
22. £51 could be such an asset (6)
24. Publishes children's author returning after one (6)
25. Sets aside for later what may be found on telephone handset (8)
26. Hugely important that singer reforms after heart attack (5-10)

DOWN

1. Extended conflict drew Harry and Sue apart (7,5,3)
2. Crab is questionable ingredient to make soup (6)
3. Irish Republican leader with a following does perhaps have some value (2,6)
4. Dances madly to get more high (6)
5. Latin bus served Turkish city (8)
6. Subsequently, a long slim ruler is what you need to solve this (7,8)
8. Destructive god introduces deadly virus into South Africa (5)
13. When we expect to see Greek character (3)
15. Financial records belong to a nobleman, we hear (8)
16. Drinker of stout, oddly (3)
18. To give opinion about the French bear (8)
20. Layabout finally requests work (5)
21. Call Dad about our ancestor (6)
23. Hunted a source of slate, say (6)