1: Blonde's blemishes reflected (5)
3: Pests in a census? Distorted. (9)
8: Gershwin comes back on train with tortured spirit (5)
10: Surer rate confused Washington money maker (9)
11: Clearly notes Earths at a particular compass point (4-5-4)
12: Chatter about some pay-back (3)
14: Finger in pot, stirring (5)
15: Pronounced ability to smell negative votes (3)
16: Hear Native American appeal (3)
17: Scandinavian boatmen or sea-faring characters (5)
18: 4-down Arias hit high note in some of the lungs (3,3)
20: Dangerous undertaking skiers in busy S bend (5,8)
23: Fruit taken in in inn (9)
24: Vagrant going over a little river to a foreign country (5)
25: We hear you cannot pay, so you can't smell. (9)
26: Great review at debut of Naughty Bird (5)