ACROSS
6 Switch to a new view (4,2,3,5)
9 Without an access of energy what's bigger
  is a means of get-ting smaller (6)
10 Prepare soldiers to lead funeral transport (8)
11 Mean one to get drunk with a lot of money (8)
13 Drink that goes to one's head (6)
15 Drink and be a bit of a bore (6)
17 Alarm about Communist leader being hard to find (6)
19 Courage shown when you see a ghost (6)
20 Turn to richer form of oratory (8)
22 Trader intended to capture the 
   wealthy one that got away (8)
24 Business with China in prospect (6)
26 Festival after a fall (5,9)

DOWN
1 A lot to be said for making a move? (8,6)
2 Animal not hesitating to cause bother (4)
3 Take for a time or get into second line (6)
4 Operative smashing machine before getting caught (8)
5 She's keen to rise as a singer (4)
7 One's in the business of denunciation (6)
8 Not one to help with your case (7,7)
12 Poetry being his pigeon? (5)
14 Star with nothing to boast about (5)
16 Use charm to get in here (8)
18 One speaks of alternative duty list being set up (6)
21 Tax cut? (6)
23 Place where a girl departed from the truth (4)
25 She's taken two degrees in parenthood (4)