Across
Prepare to admit first blunder (7)
Nice sea colour, one might say, appearing first in rose? (7)
Lord, say, implicated in falsehood (5)
Came across Ted welcoming partygoers (9)
Daphne's hen party planned with film crew at the end (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
in Greek mythology, Daphne is a naiad or water nymph anagram/"planned" of (hen party m w )*, with the m and w coming from fil- m cre- w
First newspaper of record is back in press (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
first letters of N-ewspaper O-f R-ecord I-s, all reversed/"back"
Bleat about return of evil after X game (5,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/"about" of (Bleat)*, with reversal/"return" of SIN="evil" after TEN=X (Roman numeral)
20d
Yes, doctor: from here, operating theatre work (3,6,2,6)
The Grauniad may be involved in party politics (4)
I'm surprised to be truly engaged, always (4,1,5)
In dance, change one type of shirt for another, more revealing (6,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: a type of shirt that does not cover the arms or the upper back in HOP="dance", insert: ALTER="change" + T="one type of shirt", as in a t-shirt
'Glo', so to speak? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
'Glo' is the letter 'L' inside 'Go', or L IN GO
No good reason to accept Tory leader as a politician (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/"No good" of (reason)* around T-ory
Steel bands bat out composition like Schubert's 8th symphony? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Schubert's 8th symphony is known as 'Unfinished' anagram/"composition" of (S t eel ba nds)*, with the letters from ' bat ' taken "out"
Down
A Western invasion of one African country or another (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A + W (Western), both inside MALI="African country"
Sleep in the cosiest apartment (6)
Something not right with helping to chase grizzly bear (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RATION=portion="helping", after anagram/"grizzly" of (bear)*
Gatekeeper won't begin to show the way in (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
s-ENTRY="Gatekeeper", without its beginning / first letter I initially parsed the clue as asking for the removal of the beginning letter of s-how
Wobbling shapely bum? Heartless and an unacceptable thing to say (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/"Wobbling" of (shapely bm)*, with bm from 'bum, heartless'
24d
Lovers remove clothing and cheat, but not starting to get too excited (8)
Road race 21 (8)
Introducing dodgy equipment at first to working nurses shows disrespect (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
insertion of D-odgy E-quipment into anagram/"working" of (nurses)*
Modern teething result went first (10)
Soldier's beer drinking exploit with Elizabeth the first (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BEER, around both of: FEAT="exploit" and E-lizabeth
Laughing in these, slip, running? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
to be 'in STITCHES' is to be laughing, and "slip" and "running" are two examples of STITCHES in crochet and sewing
Led with this rock band flyer (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
reference to the rock band Led Zeppelin
Get even with travel agency management centres (6)
See 18
End of chapel and end of church showing gap (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
chape-L + APSE="end of church"
See 6
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