Across
Port in American city banks interest (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RIO [port] in US [American] in [banked by] CITY
Unionist pursues crazy idea for so long (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram [crazy] of IDEA, pursued by U [Unionist]
Theatre does plays, having taken rest (7)
Sonata perhaps features in Mozart for Maestros (3,4)
Winnie's back, missing ring finger (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal [back] of PO[o]HS, missing o [ring]
Refuse tosser bedding left in the open (6,4)
Spoil attendance in Kentish town (7)
Sort of bun that's different dunked in tea (7)
Disreputable small clothes store, mostly awful (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S [small] + C AND A [clothes store] + LOUS[y] [mostly awful] I was surprised to find that C and A closed its last store in the UK as recently as 2001 – and still has stores world-wide
Somewhat refreshed, heading west he's bound to land (4)
Nice cop admitted to back trouble (7)
Director was killed in Italy (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FELL [was killed] IN I [in Italy]
Twist nonstop, squeezing oil from it? (5)
Left a quotation, not one for milk delivery (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L [left] + A C[i]TATION [a quotation]
Down
Book comic star with social charm (1,9,5)
Cross section lifted for flush access? (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal [lifted] of ROOD [cross] PART [section]
Put up hotel on river (5)
Flyers get stuck in this cockney prison (8)
Bully fled in Toyota, ejecting regular occupants (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RAN [fled] in T[o]Y[o]T[a]
Mainly oppose party works (9)
Joe's old diary turned up in Playboy for cash (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GI [Joe] + a reversal [turned up] of O [old] LOG [diary] – I’m not quite sure about this: being a fan of ‘lift and separate’ clues, I want the definition to be as I’ve indicated; there is a not very well known play entitled Gigolo [which would give a double definition, in fact] – but I’m not sure that that was Crucible’s intention
Book my pal and yours (3,6,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Cryptic[ish] definition
Fooled by absorbing Resistance story (4,5)
The other 17, perhaps, stand up to striker at St Andrews (8)
Fixed up porcini provided in Corsica, originally (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal [up] of CEPS [porcini] + IF [provided] + I[n] C[orsica]
Fling leaves during a song, just after A Fine Romance (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Two pieces of wordplay, with a definition at the beginning and the end: FF [pages – leaves] in A AIR[ a song] and FAIR [just] after A F [ a fine] – and a reminder of the lovely 80s sitcom starring Judi Dench and her late husband, Michael Williams
Trivial £1 book writer dismissed (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LI [£!] + T[i]TLE [book, minus i [writer] – I have searched in vain for DORRIT
Grim judge impounds laptop (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BEAK [judge] round L[aptop]
Type letters or click words in the clue
