Across
Bookbinder's material from country meadow not all there (6,7)
Child left with Elizabeth Taylor's third husband, primarily (7)
Shed tears and stop short — is that clear? (7)
Victor at Agincourt gets plunder (5)
Notes revised by class with speech-recording machine (9)
United supporters come back in a mess (5)
Irregular act due to power being seized? (4,5)
One with empty dreams entertained by actor in June (9)
Select group in Japanese literature (5)
Driver's last seen going into roundabout, causing a lot of pain (9)
Dim British king on stage (5)
Star from Germany (3,4)
Lionheart's foe has healthy food at home (7)
Painless entry contrived for people attending court (6,7)
Down
Removing top part and providing initial help — but not getting enough (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Cha of UNDER (removing top from SUNDER, part) P (first letter of providing) + AID (help) Thank you, Monica M for correcting my initial error and jvh for additional input)
South supported by Confederate girl (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Cha of S (south) ALLY (confederate) 4 ARRAS ARRAN (Scottish island) substituting S (south) for N (north) indicated by changing course ; rich tapestry (as formerly made at Arras in France); a hanging screen of tapestry for a wall. 5 EXCHEQUER EX (old) CHEQUER (sounds like checker of financial statements, aka auditor like Uncle Yap was for many years with Coopers and PW years ago) 6 TOY POODLE TOY (play) Ins of D (first letter of Dalmatian) in POOL (game) + E energy) Toy Poodles are bred for their miniature size 7 ENTRY GENTRY (well-bred people) minus first letter 8 AT THE SAME TIME An excellent dd 9 ALBERT HERRING Cha of ALBERT (Queen Victoria’s husband) HER RING (band) a comic chamber opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten 15 URUGUAYAN Reversal of NAY (No) A U (university) GURU (teacher) I like the surface; very creative charade 16 COMPOUNDS COM ( rev of MOCK, false minus K) POUNDS (money) 17 TAIL-ENDER Ins of AIL (trouble) in TENDER (sore) In cricket, the last batsman to get on after the loss of nine wickets 21 ROGUE Allusion to rogue elephant ( a term for a lone, violently aggressive wild elephant) and rogues’ gallery (police collection of photographs of criminals, convicts and the usual suspects) 22 SISAL ha 23 BILLY dd a cylindrical container with a wire handle and lid for boiling water. Also billy goat to denote a male goat Key to abbreviations dd = double definition tichy = tongue-in-cheek type cd = cryptic definition rev = reversed or reversal ins = insertion cha = charade ha = hidden answer *(fodder) = anagram
Scottish island changing course to produce tapestry (5)
Old auditor reported in Treasury department (9)
Play game with energy, holding lead of Dalmatian dog (3,6)
Well-bred people not the first to get access (5)
Still together (2,3,4,4)
Victoria's husband joins her band in comic opera (6,7)
South American revolutionary? No, a university teacher (9)
Mixtures, mainly false, raised money (9)
Last man in trouble — feeling sore about it (4-5)
Sort of elephant pictured in gallery? (5)
Fibre used in ropes is all-purpose (5)
Goat in cooking pot (5)
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