1: Something lacking in brief season (9)
2: Continual wind up by the French shortstop (7)
3: Hold spellbound in the tenth rally (7)
4: Pitch out heartlessly the cards. (5)
5: Inciting anger in the ruler of a Utah city? (9)
6: Prepares this way, dearies (7)
7: The time before the first woman (3)
8: Polish hollow late Russian coin (5)
12: Help found in Adelaide. (3)
14: Vulgar and insipid (9)
16: Four runners usually talk about YMCA in the morning (5,4)
18: Former name for joint audition (3)
19: Brutal one destroyed clutches with hooked claws (7)
21: Exotic cider as cocktail (7)
22: Ingrained reaction at home for wildlife (7)
23: Navigate by terse directions (5)
26: A hint for the snooker champ? (3)