1: and 15A. Watch lead pencil spin crazily as misfortunes may occur. (9,4,6)
2: Rings for the groups (5)
4: Mary-Jane crochets her Pop a jumper (11)
5: Call for help oddly stops (3)
6: Murder novel grips a listener (7)
7: Digs up former chambers containing origins of ancient temples (9)
8: One who gets up part of stairway (5)
12: Missed hoax set up to trap Sunday drunk outside saloon entrance (4,5,2)
15: Game for artist holding tip of paintbrush right (4,5)
17: Wild ermine encaged years here?! (9)
19: Turncoat's first motive for disloyalty (7)
21: Some of the best came stumbling south (5)
23: Regarding Mutt, make a comeback? (5)
24: Mother is outside with Muslim priests (5)
26: Anger that is constraining response (3)