1: Observed, like hot tea? (7)
2: Plant in the edges of the first row (5)
3: Ephemeral deity guards precious stone (7)
4: Artists workshop E. Lear bowled over with it (7)
5: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)
6: Attacked with words to violate one's hearing (9)
7: On the way with tureen, tripping over a section of orange (2,5)
9: The ultimate in tepee doctrine (5)
12: Toothpaste brand at Target? (3)
14: Squash cat; poor furry creature (9)
16: Prolong Austins suffering (7)
17: Backblock not all there (3)
18: Regretted backing up grasping tip of massive object (5)
19: French ladies made Sam mad (7)
20: A right given to colliery worker or sailor (7)
21: Noble start to resistance in French resistance movement (7)
24: Argument in the meeting (5)
26: at peoples uptown bar for starters? (3)