Cryptic crossword No 3,362

Chewy, but enjoyable. 10a, 11a, 20a, 17d and 24d

Cracking puzzle Lohengrin, thanks. Either my solving is improving or you have eased off slightly (or maybe a bit of both) because I managed this with no cheating relatively quickly. Hard to pick favourites but I’ll go for 20a, 26a, 8d, 9d (COTD), 15d and your trademark 25d! Spoiler …