Across
1 Not just any flyer for a movie? (3,7)
6 Russian ruler ‘beats a retreat’ ... bottles it (4)
9 Employee appraisal at the House of Lords? (4,6)
10 Repelled a raven, largely predatory beast (4)
12 Deaf-ish nans treated, being well looked after (2,4,5)
15 More sickly, kind of green, perhaps slalomer’s heading off (7)
16 Morally improved duke earlier, becoming exalted (7)
17 Artist’s empty landscapes’ sad lines (1,1,5)
19 Hates seeing sights with son not about (7)
20 A sad, a bleak king ordered pudding (5,6)
23 In France, one is where courses take a long time to get through (4)
24 Hoping for an ‘h’ sound (10)
25 Made pencil portrait of Andy (4)
26 Brand new day, etc, for coward (7-3)
Down
1 Gratuities regularly shunned; at a push, Everyman will chip in (4)
2 Days before, golfer becomes upset (4)
3 State broadcast assessed value of Wimbledon champ (8,4)
4 Guide daughter to wear a sunblocker (7)
5 Lover Federer admits was excessively giving? (7)
7 Spirited grittiness, tough in the extreme (10)
8 To talk with enthusiasm in talk about hard earth is exhausting at first (10)
11 This acid rain alarmed campaigners (9,3)
13 Mesmerized by Alexander Graham’s weight, according to Spooner (10)
14 Arrangement of elements: potassium, nickel, iron and silver, in part (5,5)
18 Membrane unusually scaly? OK ... (4-3)
19 File ‘requiring less effort’, fancifully? (7)
21 Realize, after losing six balls: it’s a record (4)
22 Commonly, Norseman underestimating tides, primarily? (4)
