Across:
8 Put up (-HANG-) in the church (C-E) (CHANGE) redesign (CHANGE),
9 Brought in (IMPORTED) by one (I-) director (managing director = -M-D) securing drink (-PORT-) from Spain (-E) (IMPORTED),
10 Irish writer (Wilde) lost heart (l) (‘Wilde’ without ‘l’ =WIDE) in Comprehensive (comprehensive/broad = WIDE),
11 Most of the public (most of the ‘public’ = PUBLI-) go wrong (sin = -S-IN-) entertaining tip for horse (tip for ‘horse’ = -H-) from leading gambler (leading ‘gambler’ = -G) (PUBLISHING) – the bookmaker is responsible for it (PUBLISHING),
12 Orson Welles dismisses lower (‘Orson Welles’ dismisses ‘lower’ = osnles = LESSON) class type (LESSON),
14 Trying to answer the riddle (GUESSING) of scrambled (= anagram indicator) eggs in US (eggs in US = GUESSING),
15 Taking up residency in the Senate after being in the Dáil (CHANGE OF ADDRESS), you’ll need to give notice of that to a man of letters (give notice to postman of CHANGE OF ADDRESS),
18 Sketches (DRAWINGS) from Darwin’s (Darwins = DRAWIN-S) novel (= anagram indicator) about Government (-G-) (DRAWINGS),
20 It’s less difficult (EASIER) to enrol out of Sierra Leone (‘enrol’ out of ‘Sierra Leone’ = siraee = EASIER),
22 Got wise to the fact (DISCOVERED) it’s similar to 25 across (DISCOVERED similar to ‘revealed’),
24 Some interpret a rambling (some ‘interpret a rambling’ = et a r) review (= reversal indicator) (etar = RATE) by judge (RATE),
25 Came clean about (REVEALED) type of meaty flesh (-VEAL-) found in grass (RE- ED) (REVEALED),
26 Old city (UR-) fellow (-GENT) (URGENT) demands immediate action (URGENT).
Down:
1 Candidate (CHOICE) from Trim (trim/cut = r) group of singers (‘choir’ without ‘r’ = CHOI-) going to church (Church of England = -CE) (CHOICE),
2 Weekend (‘week’ end = K-) newspaper editor opens (‘newspaper editor’ opens/first letters = -NE-) English (-E-) (KNEE) joint (KNEE),
3 Feedback (RESPONSE) from Sally (sally/remark = RESPONSE),
4 Member (LIMB) from Israel has no part in liberalism (‘Israel’ has no part in ‘liberalism’ = lbim = LIMB),
5 Reviewing (= reversal indicator) writer (ed = -DE) is (is = -SI-) put (put) off by the ending (t) (‘put’ without ‘t’ = pu = UP-) (UPSIDE) – what’s the positive implication of that? (UPSIDE),
6 Carthorses (carthorses = ORCHESTRAS) working (= anagram indicator) in a number of pits (ORCHESTRAS),
7 Senses (MEANINGS) popular (-IN-) legend (“leg” end = -G-) consumed by wealth (MEAN-S) (MEANINGS),
13 On the beach (SAND-), members of a coven (witches) miss tea (t) (‘witches’ without ‘t’ = -WICHES) (SANDWICHES) and snacks made with bread and butter (SANDWICHES),
14 Gas fitter drops rate (‘gas fitter’ drops ‘rate’ = gsfit = GIFTS) for the Christmas, for instance (GIFTS),
16 Champions (HEROINES) one of the white hats (HERO-) that’s popular (-IN-) and the best at the centre (‘best’ at the centre = -ES) (HEROINES),
17 Grim (DREADFUL) study (-READ-) opens Family Unit (opens ‘Family Unit’ = -FU-) set in Donegal (D-L) (DREADFUL),
19 Newton (N-) gets to solve (solve = -OVELS) problem (= anagram indicator) (NOVELS) in the library (NOVELS),
21 The area covered (EXTENT) in engineering (E-) could be next (next = -XTEN-) problem (= position indicator) for Tesla (abbrev. for ‘tesla’ in physics = -T) (EXTENT),
23 Take the horse (RIDE) from Rio Grande releasing groan (‘Rio Grande’ releasing ‘groan’ = ride = RIDE),
24 Fury (RAGE) internalised by suffragette (internalised by ‘suffragette’ = RAGE).