Across
Mother hosting police ball is upset? Just a bit (7)
Approaching a road in roughly two seconds (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AN envelope (‘in’) of ‘a’ plus RD (‘road’) in TOW, an anagram (‘roughly’) of ‘two’ plus S (‘seconds’).
Who's keen to play Partridge Queen? (5)
Casual member wants back pay (4-5)
Slough has one trapped, progress hampered? (6,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Definition and literal interpretation, depending on the identification of BOG as ‘slough’.
See 6
Failure, for example, of NBC broadcast with astronaut (8,4)
Harrowing neck torture (5-7)
See 6
Beach merging with delta may be cut off (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘merging with’) of ‘beach’ plus ‘delta’.
Sea child's most important problem? (4,5)
Poet's lower than 'the man sadly emasculated' (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘sadly’) of ‘the [m]an’ minus the M (’emasculated’).
Under arrest and looking haggard (7)
Machine operator altered shift (7)
Down
Face Lincoln as a former leader (6)
Mother, get on ruin! (6)
Hackneyed stuff by journalist with complaint — probably canned (6,4)
Transport was miserable (5)
'Reversion' cast and support (9)
24d
Proudly accompanying the ambassador on a date, kept getting excited? (4,4,4,4)
Drink downstairs? Nonsense, according to a shanty singer (8)
Screeching of small missile (8)
Misspelt the Genoese name for an eastern monument (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘misspelt’) of ‘the Genoese’ with one E replaced by N (‘name for an eastern’).
Crossed a playwright with a paper figure (9)
East Hampton otherwise now known as famous (2,3,3)
That's an awful lot of birdsong on island first (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of TRILL (‘birdsong’) plus I (‘island’) plus ‘on’.
Ace management team on a ship (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of A (‘ace’) plus BOARD (‘management team’).
Nerdy expert element of Aztec hierarchy (6)
Vigilant prince consort ditches bishop (5)
See 6
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