1: Sort of plain fur! (5)

4: Pita with pickled caper for each person (3,6)

9: Cher holds arm of flirt (7)

10: Wild rose engulfs one willow (5)

11: Expose the French heavy weight (3,2)

12: Faced lift-off when stricken (9)

13: Shredded chad, he decrees, is one ingredient (7,6)

16: A date in February: good time for a massacre? (10,3)

20: European arrangement between the French and the German (9)

22: On return, for example, put back costume (3-2)

23: Host seems clever, off and on (5)

24: Uncovered references containing name for certain flowers (7)

25: Large strumpets turned a trick? (9)

26: Start reorganizing notes (5)

1: Actress Myrna taking call nearby (7)

2: Friend captures random Arctic sound (9)

3: Candidate has no time for ease, apparently (7)

4: Standard style of music rejected (3)

5: Control, coerce, and strengthen (9)

6: A returned high ball is hard to do away with (7)

7: A simpleton, folksy Ugandan leader is followed by an Occupational Therapist (5)

8: Shorten a game (7)

14: Dieter's first hint: hurl mostly for reducing (9)

15: Cleopatra and her court's quirky pet saying (9)

16: Depressions beginning to vex bowling lanes (7)

17: Closest home receives attention (7)

18: Newton committed to figure out research (3,4)

19: Prepare the blocks for a run, perhaps (7)

21: Reflective review of lead horse (5)

24: Direct object (3)