Cryptic crossword

Thursday's puzzle...

Across

1 Are Brontes having to shake things up, so causes one deep grief? (6,4,5)

9 Speculation about a boy in first gear (9)

10 Pretend to accept top solicitor into legal support team (5)

11 When I'm taking gym class, long to press on (5)

12 Wee car brand failed to start (9)

13 Follows English runner back into hospitals (5)

15 English volunteers in broadside at poor linesman (9)

17 Reveals record deficits when son leaves (9)

19 On opening day, starting to go with the flow (5)

21 In case crowd could upset one immune to criticism (6,3)

23 Stroke can start to take fresh line (5)

24 Leaders of military unit from Turkey in civvies (5)

25 Find a royal toff in a foreign country (9)

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26 He organised allied forces into new student rooms (4,2,9)

Down

1 Polished off hard bed in ruins (9)

2 In the past had enough, for instance (7)

3 High point for stateless self-confessed expert (5)

4 Shame to finish up with one Greek character on the rebound (5)

5 Pioneers grew greens in the open earth (9)

6 Thrown together by accident into the long grass, of course (9)

7 Is it offensive when old sailor had to take turn (7)

8 Get final present at that point (5)

14 No old rifles used on the field of battle (9)

15 Promote church to expose child's carriage (4-5)

16 About to put ring legend into art gallery to get one's own back (9)

18 With fire jam-packed, left out a lot (7)

20 One volunteers to fix up southern European (7)

21 A bit of a softie found it hard after depression (5)

22 Get a pay packet with a long time to go (5)

23 Back in the time of Flodden, accept we were badly beaten (5)

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