1: Beware of these they show the funny side of the month! (4,2,5)

8: Hordes of unions' speakers (5)

10: Sun god, after climbing once more, falls (7)

11: Lepers treated by North Dakota specialist? Brilliant! (11)

12: Agree to make Lucifer wicked? (3)

13: Segregate horses around the object of a hunt (6,3)

16: Looking at a little monkey in glee (5)

18: Flower, large one, set up outside (5)

19: Trying restful turns around ship (9)

20: Perform part of play (3)

21: Be prepared with amnesties for truancy (11)

24: Free time the French one rues, unfortunately (7)

25: Firm rear end (5)

26: Person with fixed notions is pretty sore, upset about the introduction of Ebonics (11)

1: Painter mentioned hidden burial (9)

2: Execute knitters for pitchers (5)

3: 'True men' is false (9)

4: An Indian princess fled east repeatedly (5)

5: The man with lack of skill shows cruelty (13)

6: Person in a suit sporting ordinary flap (9)

7: Mrs Schmidt's penny is fake (5)

9: Pal teased about crazy snack food (6,7)

14: Game lord holds Nabokov novel with no leading character (9)

15: Reloading exploding fireworks (9)

17: Moldering, moldering panhandler? (4,5)

20: Unscripted part for head librarian (2,3)

22: Influenced by sound material (5)

23: Freeze one mug filled with tea, essentially (3,2)