No 9462, Saturday, 21 Feb 09, Nita Jaggi

Another easy CW after the two by Neyartha. I wonder why our editor has the same compiler repeated continously instead of having a different one each day. Have yet to get the annotation for some of the solutions and the solution to 22A eludes meto
ACROSS
 1 - Crazy covering one servant (4) – MA{I}D
 9 - Positive reasoning set to shift hulk in the wing (7,8) – WISHFUL THINKING*
10 - Speak of the spiritual depth of a fish (4) – SOLE [CD]
11 - Hit out after the gangster turns back with a baton (5) – LA<-THI*
12 - Loud protest for a woman leader in trouble (4) – W{AIL}
13 - Calm an individual member, overheard (5) – PEACE (~ piece)
14 - To provide help for one into display information at the end of the day (7) – CHAR{I}TY
16 - Large body part of a mythical creature (7) – BIGFOOT [2] Is he real or imaginary, the controversy still remains?
18 - Catch the noisy breath when one is taken for nothing (5) – SNARE (- o + A)
22 - American man performing for good fortune (4) - (Addendum - BOON [2])
23 - Turn in to notice the stream of liquid (5) – SPOUT ?
24 - Catching device has a component turned back (4) – TRAP <- 25 - About to count nine tosses having an inclination to fight (15) – CONTENTIOUSNESS*
26 - Serious attention paid to the male editor (4) – HE{ED}
DOWN
 2 - Sprinter insane halting an alien at a point (7) – ATHL*{ET}E
 3 - Cheating to stand-in at the intersection (6,8) – DOUBLE CROSSING [CD]
 4 - Turning movement of the left hand in a large hole (5) – PI{VO}T Annotation of ‘VO’ not clear
 5 - Condition of an occupied territory of a nation (5) – STATE [2]
 6 - Adding the last detail to the end part at home for the girl having a distinctive style (9,5) – FINISH{IN}{G} TOUCH
 7 - King in to do needlework for the queen using a long metal pin (6) – S{K}EWER That looks YUM I must have a BarbQ one of these days, all cruciverbalists are invited :-)
 8 - Mental state of an amateur having the number eleven for an alien at the end of the day (7) – A{N XI}{ET}Y
 15 - Doctor within the family group has big loose robes (7) – KI{MO}N OS Annotation of OS not clear (Addendum - big = OS for Outsize)
 17 - Limited fish part at a point after the thing (6) – FIN{IT}E
 19 - Followers of one in a troubled tenure (7) – RET{I}NUE*
 20 - Sailor turns up the cover of the three-dimensional object (5) SO{LID} Annotation of ‘SO’ not clear 21 - Reason for the accountant to practise (5) – CA{USE}