Clues Across

1A: The only one, or one of many? (8)

5A: The Return of Dracula (abridged): he's actually a fun guy (4)

9A: Watch Elsie eat an egg and squeeze into her designer jeans (5)

10A: Using 5As confused Santa Claus at first (7)

11A: Before trifle's finished, throw final party while winking (6)

12A: Family gatherings start with a crash (5)

14A: Are you contradicting me? Son, you've got it all backwards! Am I right? (2,3)

16A: Push south the search (5)

18A: Require consistency (5)

20A: Connected the Circle, Northern and Bakerloo (6)

23A: EEC foil conspiracy with glacier (3,4)

24A: Dark lady finds missing soldier with a small-arm in his gut (5)

25A: Up for a quarry (4)

26A: Explorers take the lid off the kettle and take it right into the ship (8)

Clues Down

1D: Catfood needed for every 20A 25A (4)

2D: Go to disreputable southeast London, avoiding the Northern Line, for a Chinese (7)

3D: A frayed rope, a king and a pointy stick (5)

4D: Being this helps in 1A, and even 3D, but not 7D (5)

6D: A seat mixup on board (2,3)

7D: Sounds like plans for a 25A (8)

8D: First Norman climbs into the sacks of food (6)

13D: When I go, Jenny goes wild having fun (8)

15D: Send the French left or right randomly - if they die, try again (6)

17D: Upset international diplomats' communication line (7)

19D: I am following a bizarre red hallucination (5)

20D: Big bees get confused after circling (5)

21D: I'm one of those in the Lieutenant's innermost circle (5)

22D: Ignore the secretary on the ship (4)