Cryptic crossword

Thursday's puzzle...

ACROSS

1 Crossed swords with cricketer in action (7)

5 Patched up paved area (7)

9 Waiting to get locations just off the motorway (7,8)

10 Made up a small part of the allied effort (4)

11 Left men in a choppy sea, along with a Pacific islander (10)

13 Implied one understood, though speechless (8)

14 How to design a first-rate type of graph (6)

16 Popular place to turn to in its original position (2,4)

18 Head for the source of a spring (8)

21 Need to counteract real tunes about one (10)

22 Detective's hard to outwit (4)

24 In battle, calls for symbols of future commitment (10,5)

25 Paid for the drinks before the boss, on paper ... (7)

26 ... and revised the final revamp in front of him (7)

DOWN

1 Poor souls, limited in new disenchantment (15)

2 Deals with drink dispensers, without purpose (7)

3 Cruise along Sunset Strip, finally (4)

4 Rely on taking on two extra additives to be intensified (8)

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5 Small firm on double time took on painter over peasant, in the past (6)

6 Did small fish drink before larger one? (10)

7 South-east Asian in US city had to return one article (7)

8 Chased friends away, in being denied the vote (15)

12 Runner fit as a fiddle may be uninhibited (10)

15 Learn to cut short his verse, which could be stupidity (8)

17 Run small hybrid animal over child's little pony, it's said (7)

19 A boy who had to lie about was brought into line (7)

20 Found fault with one, having left a man in bed (6)

23 Drive through all four gears (4)