1: Vet theatre opening 8-down (3)
3: Seduce husband-to-be in parlor (7, 4)
7: Weights laced with silver ring, forms of graphite (9)
9: Made new, breaking away from tired ideas (5)
11: Trains without commanding officer and suffers (5)
12: Little singer returned, following band to total a hairy little mother with seating for one. (7)
13: Keep firm about the ring (5)
14: Eddy's mother hugging Slater wildly (9)
15: Good place for sniper for fill? (9)
19: Beat writer's collaborator briefly drank (5)
20: One partner took it to reproduce (7)
21: A supporter starting to mock President Garfield's middle name (5)
22: Bar one not keeping heart of bargain (5)
23: Supporting truth nearly buried in con game (9)
25: Orchestra I'm reorganizing for certain conductor (11)
26: Fool to join recital (3)