Across
The centre of Earth is molten (5)
No longer in love with Vincent? You ask for too much (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reference to actor Vincent Price
Weak, slack pants are very easy to obtain (9)
If he orders, follow Conservative leader (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C [Conservative] + anagram [orders – again, the grammar is rather dodgy, I think] of IF HE
Country's victory in team sports (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
V [victory] + anagram [sports] of IN TEAM
Captain Benjamin shall start to abstain, turning mostly teetotal (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WILL [shall] + A [first letter of Abstain] + reversal of DR[y] [mostly teetotal] for the hero of 6,18
Beast an Aussie can wash his face in, reportedly (5)
It can happen at Christmas, misplacing small present (3)
In a junk, in a river, moving softly (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram [junk] of IN A in PO [river]
Sun tans leather, not a hide (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S [sun] + anagram [tans] of LE[a]THER [not a]
Once more prepares note on poor diets (2-5)
Totally fair (5)
It's for absurd waves (9)
With Tippex pens, I veto sections that are 10d (9)
26's broken arm (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram [broken] of CLEAN [26ac]
Down
Smart bird yields knowledge (4)
’90s glam rock band? Not The Shadows (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
The rock band is [The] Darkness – but Wikipedia says it was formed in 2000
Women chase One Direction to lodge (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
W [women] after S [one direction] + TO
Peer's issue lacks PR article in the news (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[pr]OBLEM [issue minus pr] + A [article] in NN [news]
Perhaps Newcastle was going up and down and up (6)
The end, easy? Coppola's upset to lose Oscar (10)
In clay, salt is regularly crushed as a mineral (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram [crushed] of alternate letters [regularly] of I[n] C[l]A[y] S[a]L[t] I[s]
Muscle complaint (4)
Struggles to accept soft feeling (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
VIES [struggles] round B [soft – as in pencils]
50% off 1 ice cream? (6-4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
50% off 1dn leaves IC, which is not, actually, 99 [it’s XCIX – see here but it’s a lovely clue and I think by now this kind of playing with Roman numerals is accepted in Crosswordland. [I only mentioned it because I knew someone else would.]
Openings to dressers, offices or rooms, say (5)
Slogans of corrupt social worker: "Look out!" (3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram [corrupt] of S[o]CIA[l] W[o]R[k] ER minus the letters of ‘look’
Area 51 for (allegedly) North America's flyers in a particular zone (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I can’t see the wordplay here: I’m sure it’s a very clever clue, as Area 51 is associated with UFOs, which makes a very neat surface, but it’s over to you
English temp works after 10 for free (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E [English] + anagram [works] of TEMP after X [ten]
Unrefined citrus pop (6)
Leading captain and upstanding fellow, eh? Must be Cook (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C [leading captain – oh dear] + reversal [upstanding] of F [fellow] + EH – reference to England cricket captain Alastair Cook
Cricketer is on 50 again (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BE [is – in some dialects] + L [fifty] + L [and again] – another England cricketer, Ian Bell
Animal sounds 30 (4)
Type letters or click words in the clue