1: Under no circumstances should you take a worker from a bean-counter following his little number. (2, 7)
4: Throws line to star at the premier in 'Cats' (5)
7: Corn whiskey for the French King. (7)
9: You'll need them if you're rigging fights (5)
10: Cretins wrecked the water tank! (7)
12: Between two girls, left in a quandary (7)
13: Batsmen trading one who may be a winner? (4,3)
14: Road without a pole (4)
17: Hear Native American appeal (3)
18: Judge no part of Dante's epic poem (7)
20: Island captured by lunatic exists for one turbulent decade (7)
21: Manservant returns at four in Mideast city (3 4)
23: Raced around a tree (5)
24: Huge cocaine bust (7)
25: Bouquet's sent up to network director? (5)
26: In lieu, make a change for blood disorder (9)