Across
1 Dull, not married, longed to be in a relationship (8)
6 Avoid work making bakery product (4)
10 Sloping surface around hard new frame (7)
11 United in support for innovator (7)
12 Monsieur with set of principles about French wine (5)
13 Start development of giant site (9)
14 Still trendy, doctor with edge grew plant yielding essential oil (7,8)
17 Deprived of right to vote since friends had changed (15)
20 Gesture brought about by a direct love for sculptor (9)
22 Unacceptable hesitation in proposal (5)
23 Tale of horror in country around lake and river (7)
24 Opening with some soporific effects (7)
25 Turned back with yen for ascetic discipline (4)
26 Separate revolutionary agents infiltrating different side (8)
Down
2 Tourist, initially with bundle, led astray? That’s nonsense (7)
3 One under influence, just about consumed with love (14)
4 Herald getting hot and bothered bearing first of reports (9)
5 Cheats held up essential cases (5)
7 Newspaper covering latest in cuisine with duck and herb (7)
8 Distant church in absurd situation (5)
9 One going into swirling mud’s heroic old salt (6,8)
10 Two thousand in company stop and salute (7)
15 Bitter artist with wit stifling exclamation of surprise (9)
16 Advocate in conclusion less good, lacking weight (7)
18 Wrong monarch in decline (7)
19 Sentimental types thus following obligations (7)
20 Editor coming up with modest enticement (5)
21 Sensational club without boundaries, free (5)
