Coffee Break Cryptic

2 August

Across

1 Irregular form of PC's radio (8)
6 Use a needle, so we hear (3)
9 Not late, but almost not beginning (5)
10 Any number with illness that's catching (7)
11 Strident noise made by loose stones in front of church (7)
12 Social worker is behind those in opposition (5)
13 Doctor gets Conservative backing to reveal decay (3,3)
15 One with dry ground over there (6)
19 Pest given assistance outside public house (5)
21 Seen as plain cake? (7)
23 Country backing an American state (7)
24 Bach provided notes for this publication (5)
25 Fuel required for heating a stove (3)
26 Bird gazing round lake (8)

Down

2 Picture seaside town with fish (7)
3 Bound sound? (5)
4 Hammerhead in gloomy boat (6)
5 Attorney General, initially in elegant old US city (7)
6 Speedy old satirist (5)
7 Funny fellows holding note for payment (5)
8 Let lad see out (6)
14 Sea Lord involved in trials (7)
16 Go and dance madly in a ten-sided figure (7)
17 Going on horseback in part of Yorkshire (6)
18 Capital in the bank a raffle provides (6)
19 Getting old silver in front of gold (5)
20 Sunglasses not first in the underworld (5)
22 Folklore monster making Tom's head go round (5)