1: Ruse duck (5)

4: A muskmelon or cola nut pa sliced (9)

7: Syria going after nurse involved in overthrow; sticky stuff? (4,5)

9: Lived down low in damp (5)

10: In Germany, the monster returned from the east. (5)

11: Tends to scare silly (5)

12: Get into the archeology scene. (3)

13: Harsh taxes on certain salts (9)

14: Mother is outside with Muslim priests (5)

15: I head riveting, intriguing and quiet nationality (5)

16: Persuade you to buy low-cal, so to speak, for unsightly fat (9)

18: Fathers start to applaud, in afterthought (3)

19: Muhammad's first of the desirable ones (1-4)

20: Crew had dinner, we hear (5)

21: Bolt I have inserted in right frame (5)

23: State nominates reformer (9)

25: Prize pate spread (9)

26: Entice substitute to drink. (5)

1: Crowd ultimately least friendly and most dangerous (7)

2: Ceases running features about Republican in serious trouble (4,7)

3: Clearly notes Earths at a particular compass point (4-5-4)

4: See, you are a cad. (3)

5: Nothing we have to pay (3)

6: Drug matures thick soups (7)

8: Endless greeting after wine and cheese (4-5)

9: Defusing timer incorrectly can lead to this! (13)

11: Edited schematic religious text (9)

12: Seduce husband-to-be in parlor (7, 4)

15: I am a Persian fairy starting to approach supreme powers (7)

17: Take out former pamphlet? (7)

22: Sixpence for big cheese? (1.1.1.)

24: Neither's partner participated in an orchestra (3)