Across:
8 Turns up (= reversal indicator), for example (e.g. = -GE), with a (-A-) short (t) inventory (‘list’ without ‘t’= lis = SIL-) (SILAGE) of fodder (SILAGE),
9 Local ticket seller (tout = T- OUT) admits handing capital (‘Handing’ capital = -H-) to bank (bank/line = -ROW) (THROW OUT) cashier? (cashier/dismiss = THROW OUT),
10 Cultivates (DIGS) the extremes of divine right of kings (the extremes of ‘DIvine right of kinGS’ = DIGS),
11 Dance (DO THE TANGO) party (DO) with band at the centre (‘bANd’ at the centre = -AN-) in violent (= anagram indicator) ghetto (ghetto = THE T-GO) (DO THE TANGO),
12 Greek character (12th letter of Greek alphabet = MU-) gets award at university (-MBA-) the first (-I) (MUMBAI) in The City? (MUMBAI),
14 Everyone (ALL-) in debt (-OWING) (ALLOWING) is nodding in approval (ALLOWING),
15 Detective (DI-) is no longer with us? (gone = G ONE-) 24 across (‘sown’ = S OWN) and most of 26 across (most of ‘graves’ = GRAVE) (DIG ONE’S OWN GRAVE) invite disaster! (DIG ONE’S OWN GRAVE),
18 Private (secret = SECRET-) left (-L-) yard (-Y) (SECRETLY) on the sly (SECRETLY)
20 Seems a (seems a) mess (= anagram indicator) (seems a = SESAME) or the seed of one? (SESAME seed),
22 Characters at end of 15 across (characters at the end of ‘dig one’s own grave’ = GRAVE-) from The Rock (-STONE) (GRAVESTONE) presumably settled on the plot? (GRAVESTONE),
24 Planted (SOWN) in shifting (= anagram indicator) snow (snow = SOWN),
25 Cellar (BASEMENT) workers (-MEN-) following (= position indicator) soldiers home (soldiers’ home = BASE-) for tea (-T) (BASEMENT),
26 Places of rest (GRAVES) for a cute (‘a cute’ = ‘acute’ = GRAVE-) Pole (South Pole = -S) (GRAVES).
Down:
1 The backdrop (MILIEU) to where Mussolini sides (‘MussolinI’ sides = MI-) with deception (-LIE-) at university (-U) (MILIEU),
2 Some of those raised in Baltinglass appreciated (some of those raised in ‘baltinglaSS APpreciated = ssap = PASS) by one of those in the mountains (PASS),
3 Lifeless (DEAD-) bar (-LINE) (DEADLINE) – the one journalist will be familiar with in due time (DEADLINE),
4 Meant to leave statement (‘meant’ to leave ‘statement’ = stte = STET) and let it stand as it was (“let it stand” = ignore marked correction = STET),
5 Adore (adore) novel (= anagram indicator) (adore = ORDEA-) following K (following ‘k’ is -L) (ORDEAL) in The Trial (trial/tribulation = ORDEAL),
6 They cause offense, in a manner of speaking (SWEARWORDS), to Don (don = -WEAR-) getting bit of news (-WORD-) in ship (SS = S-S) (SWEARWORDS),
7 Press (-URGE-) in outlet (vent) upsets (= reverse indicator) (vent = T-NEV) (TURGENEV) writer responsible for a sportsman’s sketches (TURGENEV wrote “A Sportsman’s Sketches”),
13 Critical appraisal (BOOK REVIEW) for reserve (BOOK) about (RE-) to take point (point = -VIEW) (BOOK REVIEW),
14 Young lady duly left (“young lady” without “duly” = yonga = AGONY) in great distress (AGONY),
16 A scoop (ICE CREAM) of rice came (rice came) prepared (= anagram indicator) (rice came = ICE CREAM),
17 The types who are put away for the future (NEST EGGS) – the sort Humpty Dumpty and his ilk fell back on during hard times? (NEST EGGS),
19 Tests, for example, for consumers’ (TASTES) estate cars losing race (‘estate cars’ losing ‘race’ = estats = TASTES),
21 Turns up (= reverse indicator), sweetheart (‘swEet’ heart = -E-) in Donegal (DL = -L-D) got married (wed) briefly (d) (‘wed’ = we = EW) to Frenchman (M-) (MEWLED) and cried like a baby (MEWLED),
23 Seedy types (OATS) of tomatoes released to me (‘tomatoes’ released ‘to me’ = toas = OATS),
24 Don’t open the bottle (SEAL) from the Mediterranean (SEA-) close to capital (close/end to ‘capitaL’ = -L) (SEAL).