Across:
8 Tons from Sacramento (‘tons’ from ‘Sacramento’ = acrame = CAMERA) employed by director (CAMERA),
9 Recommend (PROMOTE-) run (-R) (PROMOTER) to impresario (PROMOTER),
10 Footsteps in the snow leads (‘Footsteps In The Snow’ leads = FITS) to explosions, in a comical sense (FITS of laughter),
11 Danish neighbour (GERMAN) to march (march = MAR-) on weekend (‘weeK’ end = -K) (GERMAN MARK) to old European capital (old European capital/money = GERMAN MARK),
12 Classy types showing the worlds (GLOBES) of rounded earthy models (GLOBES),
14 More than confident (cocky = COCK-Y-) about New (-N-) England (-E-) station introducing (‘Station’ introducing = -S) (COCKNEYS) EastEnders, the British version (COCKNEYS),
15 Dogs (dogs = GERMAN SHEPHERDS) 20 across (‘German’ = GERMAN) and those figures associated with crooks? (crooks/hooked staffs for SHEPHERDS) (GERMAN SHEPHERDS),
18 Give thought to (CONSIDER) decors in (decors in) complex (= anagram indicator) (decors in = CONSIDER),
20 Is heard travelling around Vienna (GERMAN) opening 15 across (opening ‘German shepherds’ = GERMAN),
22 11 across opens (‘German mark’ opens = GERMAN) and introduces World Is Not Enough (introduces ‘World Is Not Enough’ = WINE) (GERMAN WINE) produced in the Mosel (GERMAN WINE),
24 Denies leaving West Indies (‘denies’ leaving ‘West Indies’ = wtis = WITS) with comics (WITS),
25 Get in vet (get in vet = VIGNETTE) at fault (= anagram indicator) for a short account (VIGNETTE),
26 Work out (TONE UP) why she leaves penthouse? (‘she’ leaves ‘penthouse’ = pentou = TONE UP).
Down:
1 No hens in Lancashire? (no ‘hens’ in ‘Lancashire’ = lacair = RACIAL) It’s a cultural thing! (RACIAL)
2 Turkey’s (turkeys = HENS) heavy weapons on the borders (‘HEavy weapoNS’ on the borders = HENS),
3 Gate crashes (BARGES IN) inns (BAR-S) around Germany (-G-), Spain (-E-) and up (= reversal indicator) North (NI = IN) (BARGES IN)
4 Sample of Zeno’s paradoxes (sample of ‘zenoS PARadoxes’ = SPAR) in practice in Ring (practice in boxing ring = SPAR),
5 Turns up (= reverse indicator), agency (CIA = -AIC) starts spreading old mistakes (opens with ‘Same Old Mistakes’ = som = MOS-) (MOSAIC) – therein lies the pattern (MOSAIC),
6 Take away (COMMANDEER) Frenchmen (Messieurs = -MM-) from Alpine summit (‘Alpine’ summit = -A-) involved in swindle (con = CO-N-) on stag (deer = -DEER) (COMMANDEER),
7 Sounds like (= homophone indicator) steak (‘steak’ = ‘stake’= BET-) and fish (-RAY-) starters for evening dinner (starters for ‘evening dinner’ = -ED) (BETRAYED) sold down the river (BETRAYED),
13 Incomprehension (BEMUSEMENT) of risk (BE-T) encompassing creative stimulus (-MUSE-) for workers (-MEN-) (BEMUSEMENT),
14 A rich (a rich = CAHIR) model (= anagram indicator) from a town in Tipperary (CAHIR).
16 Little known (ESOTERIC) mystic? (ESOTERIC),
17 Drunk (= anagram indicator) Meg’s pint (Meg’s pint = PIGMENTS) – a crafty mixture of the Black Stuff and water, for instance (PIGMENTS used for painting),
19 Discount rate doesn’t include rustic (‘discount rate’ doesn’t include ‘rustic’ = donate = DONATE) present (present/gift = DONATE),
21 Play around with (= anagram indicator) fault (fault = A-TFUL) covering resistance (-R-) (ARTFUL) – that’s clever (ARTFUL),
23 Some upsetting (= reverse indicator) media editing (some ‘media editing’ = aedi = IDEA) of what The Thinker represents (IDEA),
24 Closes 22 across (closes ‘German wine’ = WINE) in port (WINE).