Across:
8 Request (APPEAL) remuneration leaving European Parliament (‘remuneration’ leaving ‘European Parliament’ = paplae = APPEAL),
9 Caught unprepared perhaps (ON THE HOP) avoiding the other classy types locally? (play truant ‘locally’ = on the mitch / ON THE HOP),
10 Something for the readers (PLOT) of 23 down, for one, in a similar sense (PLOT is similar to one of the ‘beds’),
11 Prepare The Queen for retiring type (MAKE THE BED) or produce (MAKE) Thebes (Thebes) for the most part (s) (‘Thebes’ without ‘s’ = THE BE-) for director (-D) (MAKE THE BED),
12 US co-ed (US co-ed = ESCUDO) travelling (= anagram indicator) to old European capital (former capital/money of Portugal = ESCUDO),
14 Short (s) address (‘miss’ without ‘s’ = MIS-) by pilot (-TRIAL) (MISTRIAL) with defective hearing perhaps (MISTRIAL),
15 Parting gift (GOLDEN HANDSHAKE) from great (G-) ancient (-OLDEN) workers (HANDS-) swimming in the sea (-HAKE) (GOLDEN HANDSHAKE),
18 Digs (-ROOMS) and opens (= position indicator) space for the flowers (BED-) (BEDROOMS) – the ones favoured by retiring types (BEDROOMS),
20 Doctor’s (doctors = anagram indicator) nurse (nurse = UNRES-) takes temperature (-T) (UNREST) in an agitated state (UNREST),
22 God-awful (NASTY) outfit (HABIT) (NASTY HABIT) is fuelling addiction (NASTY HABIT),
24 Pick up on (HEAR) charm coming from March Hare (‘charm’ coming from ‘march hare’ = hare = HEAR),
25 Plastered (RENDERED) revolutionary (RE-D) consumes new (-N-) English (-E-) type of wine (red = -DER-) served up (= reversal indicator) (RENDERED),
26 Corrupt (ROTTEN) race (-TT- Isle of Man race) protected by mad (= anagram indicator) Nero (Nero = RO-EN) (ROTTEN).
Down:
1 Spews (SPILLS) out of endless (end ‘lesS’ = S-) tablets (-PILLS) (SPILLS),
2 Bobby’s route (policeman’s beat = BEAT) to Knock (knock/hit = BEAT),
3 Cut back (SLIM DOWN) speed limits in metropolitan capitals (‘Speed Limits In Metropolitan’ capitals = SLIM) and in Northern Ireland (DOWN) (SLIM DOWN),
4 Gent’s (gents = LOO-) cocktail (‘cocK’ tail = -K) (LOOK) for spy (LOOK),
5 Position (STATUS) limits state apparatus (limits ‘STAte apparaTUS’ = STATUS),
6 Her career’s (her careers = RESEARCHER) disrupted (= anagram indicator) by investigator (RESEARCHER),
7 It’s in response (COMEBACK) to what you might make after retiring (make a COMEBACK),
13 Reserve (reserve/substitute = UNDERSTUDY) two foreign articles (un + der = UNDER-) to read (-STUDY) (UNDERSTUDY),
14 State (= homophone indicator) faces up to (‘meets’ = ‘MEATS’) a number of cuts (MEATS),
16 Works (OPERATES) unresolved case (open case) brief (n) (‘open’ without ‘n’ = OPE-) for judges (-RATES) (OPERATES),
17 Busted or (busted or = DOUBTERS) destroyed (= anagram indicator) by cynics (DOUBTERS),
19 Trim (m) relatives (‘mothers’ without ‘m’ = OTHERS) may be significant (significant OTHERS),
21 Frightens someone out of their wits (SCARES) with cows (cows/intimidates = SCARES),
23 A rum from Bermuda’s (‘a rum’ from ‘Bermudas’ = beds = BEDS) sleepy locations (BEDS),
24 Feel hostility towards (HATE) Balmoral (Balmoral hat = HAT-) estate on the summit (‘Estate’ on the summit = -E) (HATE).