Across:
1. Crazy rogue has plan for Spooner (6)
5. Dodger, for instance, left nothing on rug for Ambassador (8)
9. Best baseball team goes down (8)
10. Boosts erratic pulse around front of groin (3 3)
11. Clever tall EU client is devastated! (12)
13. Smack back of irritating flyer... (4)
14. ...Was first to follow one French flyer with no name (8)
17. 11s get IT in retail confusion (8)
18. Used to be the latest thing to come out (4)
20. Not easy going round faceless place to complete sentence on behalf of actor (8 4)
23. Cold make up applied outside immediately (2 4)
24. New notice about second image (8)
25. Endlessly celebrate reformed band (8)
26. Rang and informed in conversation (6)
Down:
2. Gets sick ones less sugar initially (4)
3. Leader got it around 2000 with support of board (9)
4. Fairly unimportant monarch is accepted (6)
5. Loss of faith in Neil’s idol must change (15)
6. Friend came into contact with Lawrence’s leafy motif (8)
7. Nothing topless is expected! (5)
8. One pitch – able to be moved from A to B and so on (10)
12. One new chuckle about scholar’s strange stuff (10)
15. Time to study road with students running machine (9)
16. Copper taking me into dance causes stink! (3 5)
19. Group of hot men in bed (6)
21. Obscure beginnings of recently uncovered northern Irish civilization (5)
22. Drop off unknown female outside (4)
Solution:
MADCAP=DIPLOMAT
=I=O=R=I=A=U=L=
PLUMMETS=LEGUPS
=S=M=T=I=M=H=H=
===INTELLECTUAL
=A=T=Y=L=T===B=
GNAT===UNTITLED
=T=E=B=S=E=R=T=
LITERATI===EXIT
=M===D=O=C=A=C=
HARRISONFORD===
=T=U=M=M=H=M=D=
ATONCE=EMOTICON
=E=I=L=N=R=L=Z=
BRACELET=TOLLED
Name: Puzzle 466
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
1. MADCAP (CAD = rogue MAP = plan)
5. DIP [= pickpocket = (Artful) Dodger] L(eft) O (= nothing) MAT (= rug)
9. PLUM (= Best) METS (= baseball team)
10. LE [G(roin)] UPS (anag pulse)(anagrind = erratic)
11. INTELLECTUAL (anag tall EU client)(anagrind = is devastated)
13. GNAT (= tang reversed)
14. UN (= one French) TIT (= flyer) LED (= Was first)
17. L (IT) ERATI (anag retail)(anagrind = confusion)  11s = INTELLECTUALs
18. EX (= Used to be) IT (= the latest thing)
20. HAR [(p)RISON (= place to complete sebtence) FOR (= on behalf of) D (= Not easy)
23. ATON [C(old)] E (= make up)
24. E [MO (= second)] TICON (anag notice)(anagrind = New)
25. BRACELET [(anag celebrat(-e)](anagrind = reformed)
26. TOLLED (= homophone of TOLD)
Annos-Down:
2. AI (= ones) L(ess) S(ugar)
3. CO (= Leader) MM (= 2000) IT TEE (= support)
4. P [R (= monarch)] ETTY (= unimportant)
5. DISILLUSIONMENT (anag in Neil's idol must)(anagrind = change)
6. PAL (= Friend) MET (= came into contact) TE (= Lawrence)
7. (N)OUGHT (= Nothing)
8. A (= One) LPHABETIC (anag pitch able)(anagrind = to be moved)
12. A (= One) N(ew) TI [MA (= scholar)] TTER (= chuckle)
15. T(ime) READ (= study) MI (= M1 = road) LL (= students)
16. BA {[DS (= Copper)] ME} LL (= dance)
19. CO [H(ot) OR (= Other Ranks = men)] T (= bed)
21. R(ecently) U(ncovered) N(orthern) I(rish) C(ivilization)
22. DO [Z(= unknown)] E (= female)
Defs-Across:
1. Crazy
5. Ambassador
9. goes down
10. Boosts
11. Clever
13. irritating flyer
14. with no name
17. 11s
18. come out
20. actor
23. immediately
24. image
25. band
26. Rang
Defs-Down:
2. Gets sick
3. board
4. Fairly
5. Loss of faith
6. leafy motif
7. is expected
8. from A to B and so on
12. strange stuff
15. running machine
16. stink
19. Group
21. Obscure
22. Drop off