There did seem to be a different flavour to this week’s Everyman - or maybe I’m just finding an excuse for really struggling through it.
I now have the solutions, but still can’t parse 15D (where does the ref. to cheats and first to last come in to it?), 25A (I can see a sporting prize but it’s got nothing to do with boxing) and 26A (the first letter is obvious, but I can’t see how the remaining 7 letters relate to the clue). Harrumph!