Across
Loose coins ruin her plans (8)
3 vehicle clamped in Kensington Gardens (5)
Perhaps Washington Post journalist took drugs (4)
Current head of school quits physics, say, about little cash at the beginning (10)
Trotsky buys pint with old money (6)
Taste a delicate starter of pâté beforehand (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of ‘a’ plus P (‘starter of P âté’) plus PETITE (‘delicate’).
Scoundrel breaks into song in rural paradise (7)
Criminal prepared to kidnap queen (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘to kidnap’) of R ( Regina , ‘queen’) in COOKED (‘prepared’).
One running out of clothes? (8)
During two days US player once ran (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘during’) of ASHE (‘US player once’ Arthur, of tennis) in D D (‘two days’).
Provide excessively favourable conditions down under? (7-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Definition and literal interpretation.
Fellow leaves capital £1,000 pine (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of LON[don] (‘capital’) minus DON (‘fellow leaves’) plus G (‘£1,000’).
Choppers — helicopters transport emergency equipment to retiring leaders (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (‘leaders’) in reverse order (‘retiring’) of ‘ H elicopters T ransport E mergency E quipment T o’.
Dig out old wine — terrible! It lacks body (8)
Down
Hunter with dreadful curse has to be kept inside (8)
Tough little pieces skinned (4)
Keeling over, said to be legless in pub or restaurant (6)
Very slow girl eats up single calorie (7)
How to go from capitals of Spain, Russia, Qatar and Peru. (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S TO P, with the definition being the period after ‘Peru’.
Ideas at home on cooking venison with a bit of thyme (10)
Master race's talisman (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of M (‘master’) plus ASCOT (horse ‘race’).
Dire Straits event has no new time for parodies (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘dire’) of ‘straits eve[nt’ minus NT (‘has no new time’).
Even Dad's starting to recede (3)
Perhaps 3 in 1,000? (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of ‘in’ plus K (‘1,000’).
God wants daughter to protect bird forever (8)
Difficulty for retiring opera singer to sack alto (7)
Doctor close to pay agreement (6)
Work out 2 ÷ 500 (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘÷’, divided by) of D (Roman numeral ‘500’) in DEUCE (‘2’).
Multiple choice includes repetition (4)
Desire to solve cryptic without thesaurus - finally! (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘cryptic’) of ‘[s]olve’ minus the S (‘without thesauru S – finally’).
Type letters or click words in the clue