Across
Cover for the Times entertaining the City (7)
Bar brawl in 60 minutes or 7? (7)
Warning soldiers after cry of surprise (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MEN (soldiers) after O (cry of surprise)
I left serious old building without perfume (9)
Colour coding's initial test (5)
Standing before holy man, for example, one on retreat (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PRE (before) + ST (saint – holy man) + a reversal (on retreat) of EG (for example) + I (one)
Democrat party leader departing in boat (4)
Vehicles honked, first travelling to the rear (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
STANK (honked) with the first letter moved to the end
Judge impounding European bank (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
REF (judge) round E (European)
Popular account: English royal abdicated over a breach (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IN (popular) + V[er] SION (account) minus E (English ) R (royal) (or ER for the queen) round A, from the clue
Advice rejected about long division (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (rejected) of TIPS (advice) round L (long)
Even Daley's twisting and turning is brought to a standstill (9)
Two papers follow the Guardian's foremost talent (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Two papers (the I and the FT) follow G(uardian) Commenters here who regularly solve puzzles from all three papers, use this acronym
Discovery of caring female replacing male (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[m]INDING (caring) with m (male) replaced by F (female)
Fitter of crown for the king? (7)
Down
Debussy's prelude has odd beat (4)
23 mean to eat bread regularly (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
STINGY (mean) round alternate letters of bReAd – the answer to 23dn is FISH
Teach ladies and gents to climb over church (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (to climb, in a down clue) of LOOS (ladies and gents) round CH (church)
Group of prominent scientists support writer's blocks (8)
Missing worker catches mad cow disease (6)
Swear in debate there's no hell (4)
Before Sunday, no Pope destroyed books of rivals (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Before S (Sunday) an anagram (destroyed) of NO POPE + NT (New Teatament – books)
Conservative lied at first — now in trouble, the buffoon (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C (Conservative) + L[ied] + an anagram (in trouble) of NOW
Super important (5)
Small dalliance (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Another double definition, the second with ‘trifling’ as a gerund.
Demote ambassador backing heartless renegade (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LEGATE (ambassador) after (backing ) R[enegad]E
A hairdo, say, to wear down (6)
Australian city's extremely sorry cartoonist is sacked (6)
One moving into home gets settled (4)
Fairly loud animal? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
F-ISH (fairly loud?)
Type letters or click words in the clue
