Across
1 Clumsy man!! Conservative caught in sting (6)
5 Formulating recipe nailed by fine-tuning (8)
9 Fly is a cross between bull and mare? (8)
10 Dollar stores make sense (6)
11 Wrongly articulate mostly girl’s gender inclusive term with this French (12)
13 Wolf jump? (4)
14 Draw in permanent alien (8)
17 Explosive book on prison in charge (8)
18 Lace swab (4)
20 Often insurance beneficiary program reckons most with difficulty (12)
23 Type of cereal plant attracting alien (6)
24 Lingerie failure? Liberated state!! (8)
25 Bookkeeper to take charge (8)
26 Choose not to work with scalper (3,3)
Down
2 Holds offices (4)
3 Colorful form of micro chat (9)
4 Headhunt prisoners with keen listening skills (6)
5 American pioneer’s transport: extraordinarily pacier iron horse? (7,8)
6 Sound from the loudspeaker blares on a tempo truck as it slowly passes by (8)
7 Blooper turning some Man U fans into boobirds (5)
8 Arresting celebrity charged with murder (10)
12 The crazy Spanish design for train engine (10)
15 Check condition in the lounge (9)
16 Dictator insisted on being armored (8)
19 Joyful cry after contemporary metal music in slow tempo (6)
21 A logo design for an ice dome e.g. (5)
22 Register for soldiers union (4)