Across
Sadat kept it back being pacific (7)
Winged beast rejected drink containing herb (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SAGE in SUP, all reversed
Winger not fully putting on clothes (5)
Adjudicator's superb breaking weak patent (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
REF ACE in BAD, with “patent” in its adjectival sense of “obvious”
About to get fired? Away and ring the president! (3,3,4)
Murderer I put in jail (4)
Worry about endless fury with navy irregularity (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ANGE[R] + N in STRESS. N on its own for Navy seems a bit dubious.
Street cred — a fusion of special expertise (5,6)
Whip old Roman statesman (4)
In the morning old priest's lecture is to make things better (10)
Assessor crept in so cunningly (9)
Mark British and foreign money (5)
Boy after information that's comprehensive (7)
First opportunity (7)
Down
Austria and Germany feud? That's aimless! (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A + D + RIFT
Thanks poet for jacket (6)
Booze runs out of case from bottle (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CHEST (cases) in WINE + R. Winchester bottles , I learn, are used to store corrosive chemicals.
Insurgent endlessly clubs old sound producer (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
REBE[L] + C. The rebec is an old instrument, similar to a violin.
Cleaner hides meat from thief (9)
Foreman, without hesitation, produces landing gear (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GAFFER (foreman) less ER (hesitation). The “landing gear” refers to a device used to “land” a fish . (Coincidentally, Gaff is also the pseudonym of an FT setter who appeared for the first time yesterday.)
Oscar set puzzle for philosopher (8)
African petition to restrict Vikings (8)
Corrupt impersonator is hunched over (4,6)
A cur hit me unexpectedly and I'm in pain (9)
Carrying clothing (8)
Penny takes craftsman underground (8)
Spies accept a set of rules in Africa (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A LAW in MI. Again I’m not sure about MI = spies without a number as in MI5 etc, and (one of my usual bugbears) I don’t like “in Africa” as a definition meaning “a country in Africa).
Dosage ordered for mariner (3,3)
Large old ship is broad and slow (5)
Sovereign's appreciation of humorist (4)
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