No 2541, Sunday, 12 Jul 09

26A was an impossible answer for me, had to do a google search to get the answer. Annotation of 8D eludes me.
ACROSS
1 - Weaver’s backside and foot (6) – BOTTOM [DD]
5 - Lassie, perhaps, with a heavenly body (3,4) – DOG STAR [DD]
9 - Carry maiden over symbolic pole (5) – TOTE{M}
10/11 - A growth that’s turned up under one’s nose? (9,9) – HANDLEBAR MOUSTACHE [CD]
12 - Irishman, last in office, returned message (5) – {E}MAIL <- )
13 - Print phrase out for union (11) – PARTNERSHIP*
15 - Demons at dominoes and dice (6,5) – DEVILS BONES
20 - Give a tie back (5) – {A}WARD <- )
22/23 - Church member from Cairns, in stitches, breaking up about it on the way back (9,9) – CHRISTIAN SCIEN{TI<-}ST*
24 - Strange article defending made-up story (5) – A{LIE}N
25 - Sent off, say, about grand in savings (4,3) – NEST* E{G}G
26 - Fury shown by boy with incomplete toy (6) – {ALEC}{TO(-y)}
DOWN
2 - Elsewhere, ran and hurdled better (9) – {OUT}{JUMPED}
3 - Risk failure in US state capital, supporting draw (5,10) – TEMPT PROVIDENCE
4 - Hair style, macho in comic (7) – MOHICAN*
5 - Ballerina’s partner in US? Andre, possibly (7) – DANSEUR*
6 - Successful worker upset getting severance pay (6,9) – GOLDEN HANDSHAKE [CD]
7 - I chewed up a bone (5) – {TIB<-}{I}{A}
8 - A bank meeting resistance? Not often (6) – RARELY Anno pending
9 - Book, and how I may want it dedicated? (4) – {TO}{ME}
14 - One who expects the worst tip misses out (9) – PESSIMIST*
16 - Skiving when head’s gone missing (7) – (s)LACKING
17 - Cap, black - ghoulish attire (7) – {B}IRETTA*
18 - Clergyman’s page on crime (6) – {P}ARSON
19 - Clergyman must get rid of cold soon (4) – (-c)ANON
21 - A young woman? Not quite right (5) – {A}MISS