Across
Went for private piece by author that is not printed (6-2,7)
Replaced gold vessel filled with English fruit (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OR “re-placed” + E in SHIP
Devilish traditions appeal (7)
Very large note (3)
Goalie turns out to make the rules (11)
An available sum in foreign money no use here? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AN + CASH in LIRE – the definition is perhaps a bit weak
Join the main mass (4)
Story young girl lisped (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A lisped version of “miss”
Divorced, eh? Good news for one in for the long term (4,6)
Elegantly decadent discovery: unnamed licensee has been sacked (3,2,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FIND + LICENSEE* less N
Charge less than the whole meal allowance (3)
Ancient European expelled from a Victorian city (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A + GEELONG minus one of its Es – I was a bit sceptical of the definition, but Chambers defines age-long (with a hyphen) as “having been in existence a long time”, so fair enough
A daughter in French port finally off? Not so fast! (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A + D in NANTE[S] – Italian term used in music to indicate a slowish tempo: it literally means just “going” (from andare ), but is often translated by music teachers as “at a walking pace”
Farm animals doing less well — a blow in expensive area (11,4)
Down
City judge putting line through revoked law (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
J + L in reverse of MEASURE
Sugar controller's rude remark cut short: it starts again (7)
Airy, last to believe what actually exists? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[believ]E + THE REAL (what exists)
Release record, Savanna Herd Rounded Up (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EP in GNU (regarded as a plural, as in a herd of gnu), reversed
Trail grew doubtful, however magnified (4,5)
Charge one: being unable to speak, keeping quiet (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I + P in MUTE
Imogen's confession of alcoholism, in one of several forms (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“I SO TOPE” is the confession
Argues strenuously, displaying poor judgment (5)
Not unknown for prince to hold drinking bout — a sign of the future? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BINGE (drinking bout) in HARRY less Y
One way to get team something in a pie (9)
Pike played by him — a victory, when reeled into the bank (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A V in LENDER (bank) – today’s UK general knowledge clue: the actor Ian Lavender played Private Frank Pike in the TV series Dad’s Army
Cross with bell regularly interrupting dance (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[B]E[L]L in TANGO – a cross between a tangerine and a grapefruit
Ministry to abolish border posts? (7)
Be about to visit castle, having to change tickets (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reverse of BE in ROOK (castle – chess piece)
Saying a few words, starts to come apart (5)
Decipher joke (5)
Type letters or click words in the clue
