Across:
8 Mostly (t) smart, in a sartorial sense (smart/neat clothes) (‘neat’ without ‘t’ = -NEA) following (= positional indicator) golfers (Golfing Union of Ireland = GUI-) (GUINEA) in Africa (GUINEA),
9 Judge (EXAMINER) to review (EXAMINE-) last order (last ‘order’ = -R) (EXAMINER),
10 Stones (GEMS) and oil removed from Limoges (‘oil’ removed from ‘Limoges’ = mges = GEMS),
11 Tunis octet (Tunis octet = CONSTITUTE) playing (= anagram indicator) with make-up (CONSTITUTE),
12 Fighting in China (KUNG FU) with knight (chess: king’s knight = K-G) over a foreign (a = -UN-) refuge centre (‘refuge’ centre = FU) (KUNG FU),
14 Box (SPAR-) with crackers (= anagram indicator), brie (brie = -E RIB) (SPARE RIB) – was that pulled out for the First Lady? (SPARE RIB),
15 ETISOPPOEHTTSUJ (JUST THE OPPOSITE) or is that a contradiction? (JUST THE OPPOSITE),
18 It’s not healthy (SICK-) for the plants (-BEDS) (SICKBEDS) or for those looking poorly in the nursery (SICKBEDS),
20 Church publication (MISSAL) to address (MISS-) academy (-A-) and league (-L) (MISSAL),
22 Swift (swift = fast = F-AST-) covered old (-O-) record (-REC-) by the French (the = -LE) (FORECASTLE) in part of The Barge (FORECASTLE),
24 Mouthy types (LIPS) of headers thrown out of dealerships (‘headers’ thrown out of ‘dealerships’ = lips = LIPS),
25 Father (REVEREND) English (-E-) getting head right (head ‘right’ = -R-) in Denver (Denver = REV-END) (REVEREND) order (= anagram indicator),
26 Of course (ENTREE), this should get the juices flowing! (ENTREE).
Down:
1 Foreign Office (BUREAU) is often against The Wall (dresser/chest = BUREAU),
2 The issue of responsibility (ONUS) for the extra payment (bonus) not commencing (b) (‘bonus’ without ‘b’ = ONUS),
3 Bring up (= reversal indicator) light touch (dab = BAD) by company (CO-) – it’s revolting (-UGH) (BAD COUGH) to hear this from 18 across (hear BAD COUGH from ‘sickbed’),
4 Describe a nutritional fragment (‘describe a nutritional fragment’ = BEAN) in the coffee-making process (BEAN),
5 Straight man loses sight (‘straight man’ loses ‘sight’ = traman = MANTRA) of what gets repeated (MANTRA),
6 The other women (MISTRESSES) with ducks (MIS-SES) around most of the lock (most of the ‘tress’ = -TRES-) (MISTRESSES),
7 Car (model -T-) for teacher (Sir = -RIS-) retiring (= reversal indicator) in capital? (CEN-T) (CENTRIST) The one in the middle of the road! (CENTRIST),
13 Theatre (The GATE-) is responsible for The Lion in Winter perhaps (-KEEPER in a zoo is responsible for the lion in winter perhaps) (GATEKEEPER) and The Guard (GATEKEEPER),
14 Studies (SWOTS) jobs in the AA (tows) going back (= reversal indicator) (tows = SWOT-) to school (-S) (SWOTS),
16 Needs to be pressed (UNIRONED) by a foreign (a = UN-) journalist (-ED) following (= positional indicator) club (golf -IRON- club) (UNIRONED),
17 Spoilt (PAMPERED) by raising (= reversal indicator) the German (the = der = -RED) tips for educational perfection (tips for ‘educational perfection’ = EP = -PE-) and for those going places (map = PAM-) (PAMPERED),
19 Emptying out of prayer meetings (‘emptying’ out of ‘prayer meetings’ = rarees = ERASER), this will be needed for classy clean-up (ERASER),
21 Makes fun of (AP-ES) hiding place (-PL-) inside (APPLES) for making cider (APPLES),
23 Crash (= anagram indicator) diet (diet = TIDE) – the current trend suggests one has a yo-yo effect (yo-yo effect = TIDE),
24 Old instrument (LUTE) on both sides of luxury suite (on both sides of ‘luxury suite’ = LUTE).