Across:
8 Not so fast (SLOWER) – it’s Anne from New Orleans (‘Anne’ from ‘New Orleans’ = worles = SLOWER),
9 Key (music key C-) to German address (-HERR-) that is (i.e. = -IE-) south (-S) (CHERRIES) of the orchard (CHERRIES),
10 Takes action (ACTS) reviewing (= reversal indicator) part of test case (part of ‘teST CAse’ = stca = ACTS),
11 Crazy (MENTAL) comment (NOTE) (MENTAL NOTE) presumably you can’t get out of your head (MENTAL NOTE),
12 Guidelines (ADVICE) for Bill (AD-) with bad habit (-VICE) (ADVICE),
14 Tudor (Tudor = OUTD-R-) settlement (= anagram indicator) around old (-O-) order (-O-) and school (-S) (OUTDOORS) with open space (OUTDOORS),
15 Type of work that’s in your face (COSMETIC SURGERY) can help get something off your chest perhaps (COSMETIC SURGERY),
18 Some shots (VACCINES) of Virginia (VA-) and scenic (scenic) wild (= anagram indicator) (scenic = -CCINES) (VACCINES),
20 Drive hard (THRUST) with personnel (Human Resources = -HR-) from America (United States = -US-) in race (Isle of Man Tourist Trophy = TT race = T-T) (THRUST),
22 Where lessons can be learned off campus (FIELD TRIPS) in Donegal (DL = -LD) flying around (= reversal indicator) in Spitfire (Spitfire) all over the place (= anagram indicator) (Spitfire = FIE- TRIPS) (FIELD TRIPS),
24 Pop-up restaurant opens (‘Pop Up Restaurant’ opens = PUR-) with extremely sustainable (extremely ‘sustainablE’ = -E) (PURE) stuff that is 100 per cent natural (PURE)
25 Rocky (UNSTEADY) from a French (a = UN-) stable (-STEADY) (UNSTEADY),
26 Makes a lasting impression (ETCHES) with gags (retches) needing no introduction (r) (‘retches’ without ‘r’ = ETCHES).
1 Worked on the meat (SLICED) counters opening (‘Counters’ opening = C-) in new (= anagram indicator) delis (delis = SLI-ED) (SLICED),
2 Holds the title (OWNS) for moving (= anagram indicator) snow (snow = OWNS),
3 Medic (DR-) expresses hesitation (-UM-) taking pulse (-BEAT) (DRUMBEAT) – is it the rhythm? (DRUMBEAT),
4 Celebrity (ICON) Columbian releases album (‘Columbian’ releases ‘album’ = coin = ICON),
5 Withdraw (RECANT) writing (from the 3Rs = R-) by virtuoso (ace) sending up (= reversal indicator) (ace = -ECA-) good books (New Testament = -NT) (RECANT),
6 Sells hardware (IRONMONGER) to Geronimo (Geronimo = IRO-MONGE-) travelling (= anagram indicator) with the last Indian (last ‘IndiaN’ = -N-) at the end of the war (the end of the ‘waR’ = -R) (IRONMONGER),
7 Look suggestively (LE-ER) over curt (curt = -CTUR-) doctor (= anagram indicator) (LECTURER) from academic hospital perhaps (LECTURER),
13 Impeccable (IMMACULATE) museum (Irish Museum of Modern Art = IMMA-) and university (University of Limerick = -UL-) on a (-A-) square (-T- square) in Clare (-C-E) (IMMACULATE),
14 Ancestor drops net (‘ancestor’ drops ‘net’ = acsor = ORCAS) for ocean predators (ORCAS),
16 Lots of praise (OVATIONS) as zero (O-) tax (-VAT-) is charged (-ION) for activities at foundation (‘activitieS’ at foundation = -S) (OVATIONS),
17 A foreign (a = UN-) paper (-TEST-) journalist (-ED) (UNTESTED) is inexperienced (UNTESTED),
19 Can’t complain (NOT BAD), as you can’t say this about the man downstairs (devil) (NOT BAD),
21 Turns up (= reversal indicator), left (-L) lover (Greek god of love = Eros = -SO-RE-) over race tip (‘Race’ tip = -R-) (SORREL) for horse (SORREL),
23 Pass off displays (‘pass’ off ‘displays’ = dily = IDYL) as a pastoral view of America (US spelling IDYL / idyll),
24 As yet not in tipsy cake (‘as yet’ not in ‘tipsy cake’ = ipck = PICK) with cream (PICK).