Cryptic crossword

#9165

Across

1 Harm poet? This blunder might well (5,8) 10 Uncovered more steps to secure home rule (9) 11 For Wenger, a match is free (5) 12 Party leader seems clever, not at all odd (5) 13 Payments from friendly society (9) 14 Fine, entertaining line that re-starts play (5-2) 16 US criminal law to mystify (7) 18 Men turning crazy like Caligula ...? (7) 20 ... or this lady who’s wonderful company, swigging much wine back (7) 21 Beak’s outpouring, having seen bold criminal swallowing drug (9) 23 Mathematical area returning height measurements (5) 24 Getting end away, soothe love’s fire (5) 25 Conservative member miserable in U-turn (5-4) 26 Reward’s collected in wagering pound with care (13)

Down

2 Green parts within tattoo an unseemly thing (9) 3 Wise bird one’s taken in (5) 4 Sun about to end wet period (7) 5 Left holding aid for driver turning tip of plane? (7) 6 Dives where copper arrests lout wasted on grass (9) 7 It’s commonly like decimal (5) 8 Passing quality ball, guys on pitch cool amid chaos (13) 9 Sex maniac, due for treatment, accepting hospital’s miracle solution (4,2,7) 15 Women have to eat blind drunk, having had buffets (9) 17 Reds can prefer heartless, wicked uprising (9) 19 Shipping company downsized in style (4,3) 20 Dickens’s Newgate? (3,4) 22 Repeated appeal about line in dance music (5) 23 Keep chattering where French is spoken by Africans (5)