1: Simpletons at home with no money (9)
2: Penniless meal is fantastic (5)
3: And not in town, ordinarily (3)
4: Clown with a tail. (3)
5: Englishman opening a can to dine at home (3,2)
7: Sometimes they mischievously spray-paint footwear, making the top violet (7)
8: Boxer Max returned, holding heroin, for treatment (5)
9: Give in and offer up (5)
13: Flower, large one, set up outside (5)
14: Navigate by terse directions (5)
17: Building for owl and treble changes? (4,5)
19: Part of book covers ballpark legends, using reliable background sources (5)
20: Wicker basket a North American Indian left (5)
21: Scrimmage as Confederate general introduces himself to Tarzan? (5)
23: Pitchers were transported south (5)
25: Bespectacled dwarf bringing nothing to capital (3)
26: Now Elton heard California's big one (3)