Across
3d
A waste of time with empty beer glass, nothing to drink (9)
Metal brackets in case for instrument (4)
Gymnastic feat where champion hit the roof (8)
Failing to push for result (6)
Extraordinary student I observed in class (6)
Same fur wound around friends initially warming couple? (8)
Complex way to end communication? (4-2)
Very old cardinal put on clothes (5,3)
4d
Keep something hideous, pornographic magazines perhaps for online literary creation? (8,7)
Tex-Mex food for another journey, it's tacos apparently for starters (6)
Work on hand, one caught between stools? (8)
Cutting hem back, I see a soft fabric (6)
Protest: gather it is audible? (6)
How to get tips for cooking equipment (8)
Tip of little finger sliced off, black (4)
What inspires remarkably popular leader of community totally (5,4)
Down
Conference seeking reconciliation, where seeds may develop in conversation? (5,5)
Suspicion understood by ruthless fictional species on being abandoned (7)
See 1
See 16
Flat out, prepare for a fight (6,3)
Crack one with line did you say? (7)
Fracas kicking off if hot dog thrown about? (4,5)
Love affair within a limit (9)
Good player after women times header in effortless turn (9)
See 23
Dear little couple supporting society (7)
Throne issue for PM and POTUS? (7)
Fish with second fish (5)
17d
Girl over here about to quickly mix drink (5,7)
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