Across
1. Row about newspaper backing Panama? (6) (6) Hints
4. Silly positions must be rejected – I would (6) (6) Hints
9. Exploit flyer with imperfect tenses to get personal benefit (7,4,4) (7, 4, 4) Hints
10. Bowler may be here to give evidence (6) (6) Hints
11. Proprietor with joiner in funny comeback (8) (8) Hints
12. Nightcap on vacation during jovial preparatory celebration (3,5) (3, 5) Hints
14. John is one outwardly for hire (6) (6) Hints
15. First couple of letters dispatched, so not here (6) (6) Hints
18. Sounds like Bath perhaps being in short supply (8) (8) Hints
21. Settle where stated in Oxford or Derby (8) (8) Hints
22. Learnt to play the horn (6) (6) Hints
24. Best in everything for big Brits (3,3,2,3,4) (3, 3, 2, 3, 4) Hints
25. Ease with which judge accepts falsehood (6) (6) Hints
26. Stick poster, but not over there! (6) (6) Hints
Down
1. From Goethe, a tremendous play enacted here (7) (7) Hints
2. I then took odds on twenty in order to get hitched (2,3,3,4) (2, 3) Hints
3. One chooses shock treatment in role reversal (7) (7) Hints
5. See 2 (3, 4) Hints
6. Palestine suffering sanctions (9) (9) Hints
7. Want to start eating potato (7) (7) Hints
8. Disparate motel with a twist in the tail? End of story! (6) (6) Hints
13. Fill up ten forms, that’s more than enough (9) (9) Hints
16. Relative souper? (7) (7) Hints
17. Prepared letters of support (7) (7) Hints
18. First and last to arrive can generate conflict (6) (6) Hints
19. Embarrassed to display university degree in an outhouse (7) (7) Hints
20. Cute name that is for a youngster (7) (7) Hints
23. Finally enrol in crash diet mañana, got that, but not tomorrow (5) (5) Hints