Across:
8 Smoke out (LOCATE) separatist movement (ETA = -ATE) officer (Col = LOC-) retiring (= reversal indicator) (LOCATE),
9 A (A-) crime- (crime = -MERIC-) -free (= anagram indicator) article (-AN) (AMERICAN) from The New Yorker? (AMERICAN),
10 Tracy left Cary Grant (‘Tracy’ left ‘Cary Grant’ = argn = GRAN) in the old folks home perhaps (GRAN),
11 Barman (Senior Counsel = SC-) produces two types of music (rap + metal = -RAP METAL) (SCRAP METAL) that could be recycled or discarded as rubbish (SCRAP METAL),
12 Delegation dine out (‘delegation’ dine out/without ‘dine’ = elgato = GELATO) in the ice-cream parlour (GELATO),
14 Turns up (= reversal indicator), police department (Criminal Investigation Department = CID = DI-C) guards it (it = -TI-) from villain (cad = -DAC-) (DIDACTIC) – it’s morally instructive (DIDACTIC),
15 Just for now (FOR THE TIME BEING), watch (FOR THE TIME) British leader (‘British’ leader = B-) going to the German (the = -EIN-) Government (-G) (FOR THE TIME BEING),
18 Oddball (oddball = anagram indicator) hit Brady (hit Brady = BIRTHDAY) for giving present (BIRTHDAY),
20 Shady type from The Sun (BONNET) offers bet (B-ET) including tips from one national newspaper (tips from ‘one national newspaper’ = -ONN-) (BONNET),
22 More savage than (WILDER-) the monster (Loch -NESS monster) (WILDERNESS) in The Waste Land (WILDERNESS),
24 Expects to hear all the evidence (JURY) from both sides of Just War Theory (from both sides of ‘just war theory’ = JURY),
25 Crusty marine type lives on boat (BARNACLE) out from Connemara village (BARNA-) and port (port side / left = -L-) in Clare (-C-E) (BARNACLE),
26 The Chair’s (seating) lost the head (s) (‘seating’ without ‘s’ = EATING) and it’s all consuming perhaps (EATING).
Down:
1 Quoted in the media (SOURCE) by Spring (spring = SOURCE),
2 The foreign (the = LA-) women (-W-) with no (no) capital (n) (‘no’ capital/first letter = -N) (LAWN) requiring seed money perhaps to get started (LAWN),
3 Important (KEY-) notes (notes = -STONE) rewritten (= anagram indicator) (KEYSTONE) as a priority for the policymakers (KEYSTONE),
4 Just (FAIR) raise (= reversal indicator) academy (Royal Irish Academy = RIA = -AIR) profile at the centre (‘profile’ at the centre = F-) (FAIR),
5 Relieved (HELPED) to do one’s bit (HELP-) working on the paper (-ED) (HELPED),
6 Guard (FIRE SCREEN) is put out by one going to blazes (FIRE) on television (SCREEN on television) (FIRE SCREEN),
7 One’s national duty (TAXATION), for my money, is what the Government demands of you (TAXATION),
13 Draws on lecturers’ advice (ART STUDENT) in the study of the master (ART STUDENT),
14 Makes cottage cheese (DAIRY) from cook’s (= anagram indicator) diary (diary = DAIRY),
16 The first one (ORIGINAL) to see off legionaries (‘see’ off ‘legionaries’ = lgionari = ORIGINAL),
17 Some beds (some beds = EMBOSSED) made (= anagram indicator) with a raised design (EMBOSSED),
19 Frank (DIRECT) Blunt? (DIRECT),
21 Caddie to finish (‘caddie’ to finish = E-) reading (from the 3Rs = -R-) tirade (-RANT) (ERRANT) wandering off course (ERRANT),
23 Drain (sewer) head off (s) (sewer’ without ‘s’ = EWER) jug of beer perhaps (EWER),
24 In Paris, I (Paris/French “I” = JE-) turned up street (St = -TS) (JETS) to see them in the sky (JETS).