Across:
8 Characters in Jumbo got away (characters in ‘jumBO GOT Away’ = BOGOTA) from country’s capital (BOGOTA is capital of Colombia),
9 Brothers (Bros = BRO-S) consuming wrong (= anagram indicator) wine (wine = -WNIE-) (BROWNIES) for dessert (BROWNIES),
10 Charges (FEES) for bank’s feasibility studies (banks ‘FEasibility studiES’ = FEES),
11 Everyone (ALL) is confused (MIXED UP) (ALL MIXED UP) at sea (ALL MIXED UP),
12 Fighting (WAR-) at every odd match (every odd letter in ‘MaTcH = MTH) (WARMTH) – it creates a lot of heat for those who experience it (WARMTH),
14 They won’t give you any credit for this (CASH SALE) bread (CASH) arranged by 13 down, for instance (SALE arranged by ‘marketeers’) (CASH SALE),
15 Brazil, for example (A HARD NUT TO CRACK), can be a difficult opponent (A HARD NUT TO CRACK),
18 Sought review of (APPEALED) petition (APPEAL-) by writer (-ED) (APPEALED),
20 Stage-managed without means – a (‘stage-managed’ without ‘means a’ = tgaged = GADGET) labour-saving innovative device (GADGET),
22 The greatest (Muhammad ALI-) emerging leader (‘Emerging’ leader = -E-) from China (-NATION) (ALIENATION) in a state of isolation (ALIENATION),
24 Bread (NAAN) and jus from San Juan (‘jus’ from ‘San Juan’ = anan = NAAN),
25 Stimulant (ESPRESSO coffee) provides energy (E-) – why should I care (so = -S-O), media (-PRESS-) is taken in (ESPRESSO),
26 Give it time to rest (SETTLE), as there’s no acidity primarily (‘Acidity’ primarily = a) in Washington port (Seattle) (‘Seattle’ without ‘a’ = SETTLE).
Down:
1 Fair amount of (half of) 6 down (half of ‘BODies’ = BOD-), for example (e.g. = -EG-), linked to American (-A) (BODEGA) wine-seller (BODEGA wine shop),
2 Chorus of negativity (BOOS) for drink (booze) report (= homophone indicator) (‘booze’ = ‘BOOS’),
3 Not a harm (not a harm) travelling (= anagram indicator) (not a harm = MARATHON) in the long run (MARATHON),
4 First victim (ABEL) in list from the Bastille (‘list’ from the ‘Bastille’ = bale = ABEL),
5 Skeletons (BODIES) in Russian River (River Ob) back up (= reverse indicator) (River Ob = BO-) and it stops running (-DIES) (BODIES),
6 A foreign (‘a’ foreign = UN-) ruler (-MEASURE-) opening doors (opening ‘Doors’ = -D) (UNMEASURED) is not judged (UNMEASURED),
7 State (REPUBLIC) of bar (-PUB-) in antiquity (relic = RE-LIC) (REPUBLIC),
13 Arrest meek (arrest meek) criminal (= anagram indicator) (arrest meek = MARKETEERS) salesmen (MARKETEERS),
14 Alluded to (CITED) direct taxes with no extras (‘direct taxes’ with no ‘extras’ = diect = CITED),
16 Address (-IP- address) for Old Bob (old bob/shilling = -S-) and Alfred (Alf) retiring (= reverse indicator) (Alf = FLA-) in Hong Kong (HK = H-K) (HIP FLASK) filled with the spirit (HIP FLASK),
17 Paper (ORGAN-) provides the basic idea (gist): “Missing Leader (g) (‘gist’ without ‘g’ = -IST) (ORGANIST) is Playing in The Church” (ORGANIST),
19 Network (LIAISE) of leaders arriving in Somalia (leaders ‘Arriving In Somalia’ = -AIS-) consumed by deception (lie = LI-E) (LIAISE),
21 Authorise (ENABLE) to remove knits from linen basket (remove ‘knits’ from ‘linen basket’ = lenbae = ENABLE),
23 Object of worship (IDOL) far from Florida (‘far’ from ‘Florida’ = loid = IDOL),
24 Served up (= reverse indicator) some of the most undesirable (some of the ‘moST UNdesirable = stun = NUTS) party snacks (NUTS).