Across
1 Spooner’s to ensnare Star Trek character that’s kind of chicken (10)
6 English thorns; hoary symbols, primarily? (4)
9 A Tellytubby and Everyman executed Scotsman’s dog (10)
10 Pleasing to the eye? Just (4)
12 Drink and fruit put before dog that’s eaten nothing (6,5)
15 European Commission regularly ignored Uganda – or another country (7)
16 Secrecy as periosteal thrombus suppressed (7)
17 Renovated Chevrolet, ‘less English version’: that’s a laugh (7)
19 Cover loosely with cream; finally, splatter some whiskey (7)
20 Random call-in at home with no time for gloom (11)
23 Recant sin in front of audience (4)
24 Presidential hopeful mostly confused Smith with instructions (10)
25 Mahabarata contains OT king (4)
26 Elected Pence and Republican; ‘nasty woman’ finished? Not yet (2,8)
Down
1 They’re simple drains (4)
2 Came, scrambling, to peak (4)
3 Chemical analysis of cat DNA. Boring? Exciting! (6,6)
4 Tiny amount of money: gold rush’s beginning to make you cross (7)
5 Hang about first base and second for transfers (7)
7 Sky Sports broadcast talk - or a poem (2,1,7)
8 Under rock, dog left a bird (7,3)
11 Slovakia, not Germany in search for partners for Olympic sport (12)
13 Dish that’s cheap, crude: a kind of toast (5,5)
14 Country a guy’s touring with viola (10)
18 Rank scent, obscene and frightful, essentially. Musk, perhaps (7)
19 Labour in disarray ... entertaining loud PM (7)
21 Loudly scare off an animal: a mule, perhaps (4)
22 Employs punsters on regular basis (4)
