Across:
8 Victor (V-) has a (-A-) broken (= anagram indicator) shin? (shin = -NISH) (VANISH) Would you go away out of that! (VANISH),
9 New (= anagram indicator) topics (topics = PO-TICS) about large (-L-) unit (-I-) (POLITICS) of the housework? (POLITICS work in The House)
10 Dirges from recordings (‘dirges’ from ‘recordings’ = corn = CORN) taken from The Field by the farmers (CORN),
11 24 across (‘part’ = PART-) opens for Yes, Free, (opens for ‘Yes Free’ = -Y F-) one of The Stones (-ROCK) (PARTY FROCK) and the occasional outfit (PARTY FROCK),
12 Upsets (= reverse indicator) trial (test = -T SET) judge behind (‘judgE’ behind = -E-) jury – primarily (‘Jury’ primarily = J-) (JET SET) of high-flyers (JET SET),
14 10 across (‘corn’ = CORN) finds complaint (BEEF) (CORN BEEF) is preserved by the butcher (CORN BEEF),
15 22 across (‘opposition’ = OPPOSITION) by opening 11 across (opening ‘party frock’ = PARTY) (OPPOSITION PARTY) is bound to undermine those in power (OPPOSITION PARTY),
18 Criminal (= anagram indicator) case (case = ESCA-) is delayed (-LATE) (ESCALATE) in Spiral (ESCALATE),
20 Dudley Moore ignores odour (‘Dudley Moore’ ignores ‘odour’ = dleyme = MEDLEY) – it’s the potpourri? (MEDLEY),
22 Flower (River Po) comes up (= reverse indicator) (River Po = OP-) on south-facing (-POSITION) (OPPOSITION) other side (OPPOSITION),
24 Something of interest to 5 down (PART is of interest to ‘player’) with a role to play (PART),
25 Ditch (DRAINAGE) wild (= anagram indicator) gardenia (gardenia = DRAINAGE),
26 One of those things (THAT-) from church (-CH) (THATCH) roof (THATCH).
Down:
1 Resent leaving general store (‘resent’ leaving ‘general store’ = galore = GALORE) in large numbers (GALORE),
2 Some backward (= reversal indicator) men like (‘meN LIKe’ = nlik = KILN) one of those getting fired from the pottery factory (KILN),
3 Local tea (CHA-), soup (= anagram indicator), pitta (pitta = -PATTI) (CHAPATTI) bread (CHAPATTI),
4 Cross Swords (SPAR) with those characters from drinks party (those characters from ‘drinkS PARty’ = SPAR),
5 Layperson has no son (‘layperson’ has no ‘son’ = layper = PLAYER) working in the abbey (working in The Abbey Theatre = PLAYER),
6 Pole (south = S-) is foreign politician (-TORY) utterly (= homophone indicator) put to sleep (‘bored’ = ‘board’ = -BOARD) (STORYBOARD) by some graphics displayed ahead of the film (STORYBOARD),
7 Holding the cold beers (ICE CHEST) for techies (techies) working (= anagram indicator) (techies = ICE -HEST) around Cork (C-) (ICE CHEST),
13 School (S-) dance (-HOP-) opens with A Heart of Love (opens with ‘A Heart Of Love’ = -AHOL-), a fair amount of (half of) Chic (half of ‘chIC’ = -IC) (SHOPAHOLIC) and Big Spender (SHOPAHOLIC),
14 Give chase getting rid of sage (‘give chase’ getting rid of ‘sage’ = ivche = CHIVE) – a green herb from the onion family? (CHIVE),
16 Gorge (PASS-) on drink (-PORT) (PASSPORT) – it’s essential if you want to get away from it all (PASSPORT),
17 Put forward (NOMINATE) by Frenchman (-M-) consumed by Etonian (Etonian) farce (= anagram indicator) (Etonian = NO-INATE) (NOMINATE),
19 Sending up (= reverse indicator) veneer of rock (lamina = ANIMAL) chick perhaps? (ANIMAL),
21 Fill your boots (ENRICH) in marsh (fen) without Furlong (f) (‘fen’ without ‘f’ = EN-) rolling in it (-RICH) (ENRICH),
23 Rome warned about them (IDES of March warning to Caesar) in sides with identity crises (sides with ‘IDentity crisES’ = IDES),
24 Lip reader dismisses idler (‘lip reader’ dismisses ‘idler’ = paer = PEAR) from the conference (conference PEAR).