1: First bud to emerge in flower. (5)
4: In which the players are top-ranking officers? (5,4)
9: Dodgy queen is tender (5)
10: Secures a term and travels (4,5)
12: Overcome by disappointment from the rare bonk going awry (11)
13: Highways or turning spots (5)
14: Welsh resort - and no dull resort (9)
18: Most distant area of open land has street on both sides (9)
19: Pacific spot found in Paddington garages! (5)
20: Celebration geared for retirement (6,5)
23: Conspired to be captivated. (9)
24: Ear to (almost all) the ground (5)
25: Stuff used to make soup with apples - it's boiled (5-4)
26: The pole will carry the principal mainsail (5)