1: Fine log doesnt begin garden art (7)
2: How to get around doing business, essentially (3)
3: Wanting lean candidates in favour (5,4)
4: At last eating, I'm finally getting better (2,3,4)
5: Transgression if turning end in Marseille (5)
6: Guided into the West (2,3)
7: I see marks on jumbled party favors (11)
8: Reduces strain from years of tension (7)
12: Bobbed beneath in playful attempt to drown journalist. (6, 5)
15: Spider, e.g., caught a foremost kite's sail (9)
16: Make new plan for back pasture (9)
17: Excitedly saw open arms (7)
19: Name of girl training otter in Los Angeles (7)
21: In favour of an outer garment for protection (5)
22: Move to limp off without energy (5)
26: Mann's 'Death in Venice' Dorothy sent up (3)