Across:
8 What the journalists make (PAPERS) of ID? (ID PAPERS),
9 The Paper (SUN-) perished (died = -D-IED) over writing (from the 3Rs = -R-) (SUN-DRIED) that’s typical of Adobe (SUN-DRIED adobe/mud-bricks for building),
10 Exposé (NEWS) of modern (NEW-) school (-S) (NEWS),
11 One of The Powers (HORSE power) with brains (SENSE) (HORSE SENSE) gets a piece of Arabian’s mind perhaps? (Arabian horse / HORSE SENSE),
12 The last place (COFFIN) to party (Fianna Fáil = -FF-) in capital? (capital/money = CO-IN) (COFFIN),
14 Spring (WELL) and Dunne (Dunne) on the radio (= homophone indicator) (‘Dunne’ = ‘done’ = DONE) (WELL DONE) or Bravo? (WELL DONE),
15 10 across (‘news’ = NEWS-) and most of 8 across (most of ‘papers’ = -PAPER) and 26 across? (‘stands’ = STANDS) (NEWSPAPER STANDS) The tabloids are all over them! (NEWSPAPER STANDS),
18 Unsettles (AGITATES) American (A-) soldiers (GIs = -GI-S) outside museum in London (Tate Museum = -TATE-) (AGITATES),
20 Sailor (-TAR-) has time (time = -T-) in boat (S-S) (STARTS) for the new jobs (the STARTS),
22 She hates the neighbours (ANGLOPHOBE) for not having any time for the English (ANGLOPHOBE),
24 Produced (made) reports (= homophone indicator) (‘made’ = ‘MAID’) with help of the big house (MAID),
25 Religious type (JEW-) takes head off (t) bank employer (‘teller’ without ‘t’ = -ELLER) (JEWELLER) for working with The Stones (JEWELLER),
26 Assumes an upright position (STANDS) getting par coming out of sand traps (‘par’ coming out of ‘sand traps’ = sandts = STANDS).
Down:
1 Managed (MADE DO) leaders of development enterprise dutifully (leaders of ‘Development Enterprise Dutifully’ = -DE D-) welcomed by chairman? (Chairman Mao = MA- -O) (MADE DO),
2 The banks, health occupations (the banks ‘HEalth occupatioNS’ = HENS) and egg producers? (HENS),
3 The Asian (the Asian) doctor (= anagram indicator) (the Asian = ASTHENIA) with abnormal physical weakness (ASTHENIA),
4 Setting up (= reversal indicator) some software support (some ‘softwaRE SUpport = resu = USER) for consumer (USER),
5 Disclose (UNVEIL) organisation (United Nations = UN-) to evil (evil) agitator (= anagram indicator) (evil = -VEIL) (UNVEIL),
6 A darker gem (a darker gem = GREEK DRAMA) produced (= anagram indicator) in the equivalent of the abbey (The Abbey Theatre) in Athens (GREEK DRAMA),
7 A (-A-) relative (-SON-) consumed by grass (reed = RE-ED) (REASONED) is well presented (REASONED),
13 Foreign footballers (FA-) followed (= position indicator) by dangerously obsessive fan (stalker = S- TALKER) over time (-T-) (FAST TALKER) conning people, in a manner of speaking (FAST TALKER),
14 Daisy (daisy = WEED-) on bender (-S bend) (WEEDS), worn out by widow (widow’s WEEDS),
16 One of those in The Cars (ENGINE-) and Queen (-ER) (ENGINEER) working in the studio (stage-manage/control = ENGINEER),
17 Hearing (S-ENSE) covers up marketing ploy (Unique Selling Point = -USP-) (SUSPENSE) – it leads to nervous uncertainty (SUSPENSE),
19 Overthrow (TOPPLE) Crown (TOP-) with short (a) defence (‘plea’ = -PLE) (TOPPLE),
21 Places, in the long run, for instance (THIRDS), for the awards from university (THIRDS),
23 Rows (OARS) with co-authors losing touch (‘co-authors’ losing ‘touch’ = aors = OARS),
24 Samuel ignores us (‘Samuel’ ignores ‘us’ = amel = MEAL) in the restaurant (MEAL).