1: Path of planet - or particle (5)

4: Sarcastic critic, alas drunk, missing bit of comedy (9)

8: Old Testament character, New Testament incident (5)

9: Dressing of malt and beans to make horse tender (9)

11: Fiber extracted from thistles (5)

13: Gets behind in cooking Creole dish (9)

14: Prattle about nothing, meaning spear (7)

15: Fools the Proletariat after banning Marx's _Capital_ (5)

17: Irene's new name (5)

18: Bundy under English seabird thats forever! (7)

19: Government-hater ravaging China star (9)

21: European King's threat reported (5)

22: Got off the coach tired, on Eastern time (9)

23: Note found in prison is swell (5)

25: Most distant area of open land has street on both sides (9)

26: Extinct birds accomplish return of earth (5)

1: Designed dashing ten-ton pick-up (3-5,5)

2: Later round without an opponent (3)

3: To restrain a small child that is not up. (2, 3, 4)

5: Conducted fight in tent, it's clear (11)

6: April keeps providing material for a poet (5)

7: Sound practical perception is a normal feeling (11)

10: We hear you require complete articles for this royal thriller. (7,6)

12: Barque, for one, is a trio-tutor (5-6)

13: Privy to accessibility (11)

16: Little Digger pens sailboat drawing sheets (6,3)

20: Talk about a set of stores (5)

24: Uninitiated stoop to finish (3)