No3266, Sunday, 21 Jun 09

Relatively easy for a Sunday THC except for a few like 5D
ACROSS
1 - Keen on board to win lottery (10) - {S{WEEP}S}{TAKE}
6 - Work in shop, usefully (4) - OPUS [T]
9 - Tear in top worker’s trousers (5,5) - {CAP}{RI P}{ANTS}
10 - Very nicely (4) - WELL [CD]
11 - Very nearly, or very wellbehaved? (2,4,2,4) - {AS GOOD AS} GOLD [CD]
15- A Conservative declaration gets praise (7) - {A}{C}{CLAIM}
16 - Nursed a poorly ballerina’s partner (7) - DANSEUR*
17 - Warning card (7) - CAUTION [CD]
19 - A bridge hand easy to play? No, a pal and I suspect (7) - PIANOLA*
20 - Something more noticeable smeared on garage exit (12) - EXAGGERATION*
23 - Become a member of nightclub, briefly (4) - JOIN(-t)
24 - Director coming from Japan’s capital via Mysore, possibly (5,5) - {J}AMES IVORY*
25 - Ring gang (4) - BAND [DD]
26 - Singer in study accepting a short drink (4,6) - DE{A}N {MARTIN(-i)} I remember his songs like 'Volare' and seeing some of his movies with Jerry Lewis when I was in school.
DOWN
1 - Rifle fire (4) - SACK [DD]
2 - Face of estate agent’s watch (4) - {E}SPY
3 - Careful, father at home betting (11) - {PA}{IN}{STAKING}
4 - Small restaurant with rent the reverse of low (3,4) - {TEA R}{OOM<-} )
5 - Girl starts to delve into digest used for cricket (7) - KATY{D}{I}{D} Wasted a lot of time thinking of the game of cricket!!, finally had to google search this answer
7 - Start to pillory female on about flipping Captain Marvel? (10) - {P}{HEN}{OMEN<-}{ON}
8 - Shriek catching a boy dressing (5,5) - S{A}{LAD} CREAM
12 - As a con man it worked, in a city near LA (5,6) - SANTA MONICA*
13 - Axe 14 in severe reduction (7,3) - HATCHET JOB [CD]
14 - Calling for the seizure and control of a foreign territory (10) - OCCUPATION [DD]
18 - Sporting rare tan, recount events (7) - NARRATE*
19 - Glib talk by northern model (7) - PATTER{N}
21 - Did battle, reportedly, in citadel (4) - FORT(~fought)
22 - Girl from Brooklyn neighbourhood (4) - LYNN [T]