Across
Arsonist in boat? (7)
Sadly, one may be in its depths (7)
Mark firm losing half of capital (5)
Exam is a sort of joke (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
reference to a ‘practical joke’
Two men in a boat, working: one was a guitarist (6,8)
Corny stuff for listeners (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
reference to ‘ears of corn’
A local perch? (3,5)
Consciously old-fashioned, suitable to modernise later (8)
Said to employ females (4)
School flag: red, green and blue, say (7,7)
Survive without food, broadcasting in real time (4,2,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
‘live on air’ can be read with ‘live’ as a verb, to mean “Survive without food”
For the occasion, speaker's to take more white wine (2,3)
Ways one may be so far ahead? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
reference to the idiom: one may be said to be ‘streets ahead’ [of the competition]
Pot shot taken wildly in a potentially dangerous area (3,4)
Down
Contributor to second row that's in a canal (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
a lock is a rugby player in the second row; and a lock is an enclosure in a canal to raise or lower boats to different levels of water
Jason's dog? (6,9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
in Greek mythology, Jason retrieved the Golden Fleece
Drive to spear fish in part of the Arctic (6)
Repair broken sword (6)
Secure a point on the road to leave others behind (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
‘draw away’ can refer to e.g. a football team getting a draw away from home=”Secure a point on the road”, or it can mean to move ahead of the competition=”leave others behind”
At the weekend I get up burlesque (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: burlesque as a verb meaning to mock SAT I RISE=’Saturday I rise’=”At the weekend I get up”
Past caring for religion? (8,7)
Implacable, passed on loan with deductions (10)
To replace relic, snoop in cemetery (10)
Come across a drunkard, upside down and unconscious (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
COME, around both of: A plus SOT=”drunkard” reversed/”upside down”
In pond leaves large mixed display (4,4)
Not placed in a quarter? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
not in a ‘top 3’ or ‘gold/silver/bronze’ place=”Not placed”; or one in four parts=”quarter”
What Humphrey hung in the loo? (6)
Highlander, perhaps heading away from the racecourse (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Ascot=”racecourse”, or a-SCOT without the heading/first letter
Type letters or click words in the clue