Across:
8 Is after May (June is after May = JUN-E) over Government losing leaders (‘Government losing’ leaders = -GL-) (JUNGLE) in confusion (JUNGLE),
9 Trick (CON-) on Greek island (-CRETE) (CONCRETE) for securing the property (CONCRETE),
10 Wash one’s hands of (DENY) bank’s design company (banks ‘design company’ = DENY),
11 What graffiti artist is capable of (PENMANSHIP) when the writing is on the wall perhaps (PENMANSHIP),
12 Accountant (CA-) on board (steamship = -SS-) returns (= reversal indicator) first class (AI = -IA) (CASSIA) with Senna (CASSIA tree),
14 Small (S-) debts (IOUs = -IOUS) in the end (= positional indicator) mushroom (cep = -PEC-) up? (= reversal indicator) (SPECIOUS) That’s could be true but it’s not! (SPECIOUS),
15 9 across (‘concrete’ = CONCRETE) and 8 across (‘jungle’ JUNGLE-) with endless (end ‘less’ = -S) (CONCRETE JUNGLES) blights on the landscape (CONCRETE JUNGLES),
18 Self-restraint (“patience” = “PATIENTS”) on the radio (= homophone indicator) by those looking for something to be done about the cuts (PATIENTS),
20 Items (items = ST-MIE) discarded (= anagram indicator) around yard (-Y-) (STYMIE) in block (block/impasse = STYMIE),
22 It’s steamy (HUMID-) at the film institute (Irish Film Institute = -IFI-) for the leads in Easy Rider (leads in ‘Easy Rider’ = -ER) (HUMIDIFIER) and it changes the atmosphere in Room (HUMIDIFIER),
24 Some upsetting (= reversal indicator) language vocalised (‘language vocalised’ = evoc = COVE) in Safe Harbour perhaps (COVE),
25 Cellar (BASEMENT) workers (-MEN-) following (= position indicator) soldiers home (soldiers’ home = BASE-) for tea (-T) (BASEMENT),
26 Employs (WIELDS) women (W-) at new (= anagram indicator) delis (delis = -IELDS) (WIELDS).
Down:
1 Something to say about discovery (EUREKA) of retiring (= reversal indicator) model (brand/make) losing the head (m) (‘make’ without ‘m’ = ake = -EKA) on street in Paris (Paris/French ‘street’ = rue = EUR-) (EUREKA),
2 Urgently drops rent (‘urgently’ drops ‘rent’ = ugly = UGLY) and it’s far from fair (UGLY),
3 Better half perhaps (HELPMATE) of the maple (the maple = HELPMATE) chopped up? (= anagram indicator),
4 Celebrity (ICON) is charged (I-ON) over cocaine (-C-) (ICON),
5 Organisation (UN-) sounds like (= homophone indicator) it’s on drugs (“Es” =”ease” = -EASE) (UNEASE) – it’s a cause for anxiety (UNEASE),
6 It’s fashionable (-IN-) to go after (= positional indicator) The Media (PRESS-) for being repulsive (ugly), lacking a leader (u) (‘ugly’ without ‘u’ = -GLY) (PRESSINGLY) and that’s not putting it mildly (PRESSINGLY),
7 View (ATTITUDE) of a (A-) car (model -T-) for bird (-TIT-) and bloke (dude) heading off (d) (‘dude’ without ‘d’ = -UDE) (ATTITUDE),
13 Face crisis (face crisis = SACRIFICES) showing off (= anagram indicator) gifts (SACRIFICES),
14 Spy (SEE-) and detective (-DS) (SEEDS) up to their necks in the plot (SEEDS),
16 It’s prophetic (ORACULAR) for our Clara (our Clara = ORACULAR) in a way (= anagram indicator),
17 Opens up (UNSCREWS) to sisters (nuns) without starting (n) (‘nuns’ without ‘n’ = UNS-) on 24 down (‘crew’ = -CREW-) at school (-S) (UNSCREWS),
19 Sermonise dismissing REM (‘sermonise’ dismissing ‘REM’ = sonise = NOISES) and the awful sounds (NOISES),
21 ANC leaves in advance (“ANC” leaves “in advance” = idvane = INVADE) of storm (INVADE),
23 A fraction (IOTA) of the characters in Caravaggio tableau (characters in ‘Caravaggio tableau’ = IOTA),
24 Critical review of both sides (‘critical review’ of both sides = CREW) with staff overseas (CREW).