g 1. g 2. g 3. g g g 4. g 5. g 6. g
7.     g 8.  9.        
g   g   g   g   g   g   g   g
10.         g 11.      
g   g   g   g   g   g   g g g
12.       g 13.      14.  
g   g g g   g   g g g   g   g
g 15.  16.      17.      g
g   g   g g g   g   g g g   g
18.     19.    g 20.  21.    
g g g   g   g   g   g   g   g
22. 23.      g 24.        
g   g   g   g   g   g   g   g
25.           g 26.    
g   g   g   g g g   g   g   g

ACROSS

7. Came up smelling the same, regardless of name (4)

8. Playfully scorn hazed arrangement (10)

10. Ron follows that which is assumed for a particularly small object (8)

11. Ten-gallon, perhaps, or 5.0L with wild bird (6)

12. Groans about attire (6)

13. Oddly, you'll be at middle of winter, celebrating (8)

15. Bard's work ... allegedly game (5,3,5)

18. Crystal-workers with tops by such comics' second halves (8)

20. Body part by ear wrecked 'em (6)

22. VIP layers group? (6)

24. Cross-fertilization of sex-chromosomes, in which magic one returns heartlessly (8)

25. Despairs ... for her a chaste arrangement (10)

26. Comes back looking the same, monetary name (4)

DOWN

1. Dances on a slope; is confused (10)

2. Provided by farmer in Oz? (6)

3. Flag Arts as providing return of pillar decoration (8)

4. Little rocks sombre student (6)

5. Strange cell - a bit like a nutcracker perhaps (8)

6. A mother ... the ultimate sire? (4)

9. Bard's work ... the highs interspersed with sloppy entry and terrible exits (5,3,5)

14. Public accusation: guts of final act missing - plot unravelling (10)

16. Create ET debacle, we hear, and sew on (8)

17. Ron enters foreign bases with title assumed by former PM (8)

19. Source of activity found in glint, ray of hope (2-4)

21. Spirit can return after turning wheel (6)

23. Need rearranged setting for 6-Down (4)