1: Prepare for onset of torrential downpour (5)
2: It's initially recording automobiles speed, leading to charge (5,4)
3: Kent, in part, reportedly has wheels (5)
4: Startled, grabs sailor (3)
5: Correcty confused city ref (7)
7: One who regrets following initial tendencies is increasingly sincere (5)
8: Stateside bananas: most like a rock (9)
12: Sprinted fleetly? (3)
13: Shocked ensemble leader with ascending note during concert (9)
14: Pita with pickled caper for each person (3,6)
15: Relaxed back at vicarage with a NZ channel (6,3)
17: The final deep depression embraces the descriptive term (7)
18: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)
21: Brings home vases, reportedly (5)
22: Web directory you always heed, often online initially (5)
24: Boy gripping top of pine tree (5)
26: Anger that is constraining response (3)