Across:
1. I am taking new deep hamper (6)
5. People walk by river around centre of Hull (8)
9. After indiscretion Spooner is told to leave TV entertainment (8)
10. Girl gains points and passes (4 2)
11. Ordering one riot to explode when insurrection fails to start outside (12)
13. Artistic movement of baby’s father? (4)
14. Starving half of clan I got rid of (8)
17. Spar with weapons and trip badly! (8)
18. Is indebted to you and I after band begins singing (4)
20. Peer gets cold, working for a short period (12)
23. Plato shivered outside king’s door (6)
24. Boy distributes oilcans around hospital (8)
25. Easy trip is organised with bitterness! (8)
26. Accepting monarch’s thanks earlier (6)
Down:
2. Drink with inebriated dame (4)
3. Models turn out ample sex around middle of party (9)
4. Part of one choice is repeated (6)
5. Legal responsibility for a pony and otter we ordered (5 2 8)
6. You begin leaving Happy Hour occasionally (4-4)
7. Student aims to get offers (5)
8. Need to get out when second killer is around initially for always (5 5)
12. Smelly tailless dormouse runs round one large ring (10)
15. Small Conservative gets to reserve collection of tales (9)
16. Royal family found in gloomy store (8)
19. Loud never-ending disorganised attack on rich man (3 3)
21. Tax ten idle top high earning leaders (5)
22. Conceited one is in front (4)
Solution:
IMPEDE=POPULACE
=E=X=C=O=A=E=A=
GAMESHOW=RUNSBY
=D=M=O=E=T=D=I=
===PRIORITISING
=M=L=C=O=I===F=
DADA===FAMISHED
=L=R=G=A=E=T=V=
BOWSPRIT===OWES
=D===I=T=F=R=R=
CONTEMPORARY===
=R=I=A=R=T=B=V=
PORTAL=NICHOLAS
=U=H=D=E=A=O=I=
ASPERITY=TAKING
Name: Puzzle 499
Author: by Steve Townsend

Annos-Across:
1. I'M PEDE (anag deep)(anagrind = new)
5. PO (= river) P[(H)UL(l)] ACE (= walk)
9. GAMESHOW (= SHAME GO)
10. RU [NS (= points)] BY (= Girl)
11. (u)PR [I (= one) ORIT (anag rio)(anagrind = to explode)] ISING (= insurrection fails to start)
13. Double Def
14. FAM(ily) (= half of clan) I SHED (= got rid of)
17. BOWS (= weapons) PRIT (anag trip)(anagrind = badly)
18. O (= band) WE (= you and I) S(inging)
20. C(old) ON (= working) TEMPORARY (= for a sgort period)
23. PO [R (= king) TAL (anag Plato)(anagrind = shivered)
24. NIC [H(ospital)] OLAS (anag oilcans)(anagrind = distributes)
25. ASPERITY (anag Easy trip)(anagrind = is organised)
26. TA (= thanks) KING (= monarch)
Annos-Down:
2. MEAD (anag dame)(anagrind = inebriated)
3. EXEMPLA [(pa)R(ty)] S (anag ample sex)(anagrind = turn out)
4. Hidden in wordplay
5. POWER OF ATTORNEY (anag for a pony otter we)(anagrind = ordered)
6. PART[-Y(ou)] TIME (= You begin leaving Happy Hour)
7. L (= student) ENDS (= aims)
8. CA [B (= second)] IN (= killer) F(or) EVER (= always)
12. M [A (= one) L(arge) O (= ring)] DOROUS (anag dormous)(anagrind = runs)
15. S(mall) TORY (= Conservative) BOOK (reserve)
16. GRIM (= gloomy) ALDI (= store)
19. F (= loud) AT CAT (anag attac)(anagrind = disorganised)
21. T(en) I(dle) T(op) H(igh) E(arning)
22. VA [I (= one) N (= front)
Defs-Across:
1. hamper
5. People
9. TV entertainment
10. passes
11. Ordering
13. Artistic movement
14. Starving
17. Spar
18. Is indebted to
20. Peer
23. door
24. Boy
25. bitterness
26. Accepting
Defs-Down:
2. Drink
3. Models
4. repeated
5. Legal responsibility
6. occasionally
7. offers
8. Need to get out
12. Smelly
15. collection of tales
16. Royal family
19. rich man
21. Tax
22. Conceited