Across
Spring put an end to game (9)
Caught offensive character (5)
Many fit in lodge (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D [500 – many] + WELL [fit]
Saw about very small worker for profit (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ADAGE [saw] round V [very] ANT [small worker]
Fondness for costly staff in hospital department (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DEAR [costly] + MEN [staff] in ENT [hospital department] – this definition seemed strange to me but Chambers gives ‘the state of being endeared’
Was familiar with Kingsley's first novel (4)
Cavalry dance (7)
Time husband should care (7)
Unrestrained tirade about a politician (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RANT [tirade] round MP [politician]
Dandified? Swimmer keeps nothing very quiet! (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FISH [swimmer] round [keeps] O [nothing] + PP [very quiet]
Tuck in a sweatshirt (4)
Detention of nationalist leader interrupts funeral (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
N[ationalist] in [interrupts] INTERMENT [funeral] – exploiting one of the most common errors in journalism with a clever surface
Weighty foreign product contains bronze (9)
Ward off state terrorism, initially (5)
Ride around island in Italy (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TURN [ride] round I [island]
Little girl meets poet in the chemist (9)
Down
Vegetation that's hard to trim (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
H [hard] + EDGE [trim]
Another name for dopy men, US style (9)
Pass to the side for security (10)
Injuries in Sumatra disaster (7)
Place of safety with books for deprived individual (4-3)
Beat honoured actor heartlessly (4)
Once more making a profit (5)
Guard to glance over timepiece (4,5)
Writer settled in advance to make amends (10)
Thief dressed in scarlet (9)
Frank lugs Elsie around (9)
A king died under military vehicle? The mug! (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A R D [a king died] under [in a down clue] TANK [military vehicle]
It's safe to break up for holidays (7)
Narrow strip by river (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TAPE [strip] + R [river]
Trade union gains prominence in school (5)
Press club (4)
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