Across
Artists first impressed by youngsters (7)
16d
Dishevelled engineers put back more grating (7)
Brief top (5)
A grim tortuous character performance (9)
Prayer leads to our redemption, I gather (9)
Spades cut in dull card game (5)
Physician left after a woman's protracted delivery (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of DR (‘physician’) plus ‘a’ plus W (‘woman’) plus L (‘left’).
Music for dancing bears spanning prohibition era (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘spanning’) of BAN (‘prohibition’) plus ‘era’ in HAS (‘bears’). Who else was confused by the dancing bears?
Mum stops a sailor boarding container vessel (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A double envelope (‘stops’ and ‘boarding’) of MA (‘mum’) in ‘a’ plus TAR (‘sailor’) in CAN (‘container’).
Study setter's material (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of DEN (‘study’) plus I’M (‘setter’s’).
Sailor in action regularly dropped off here? (5)
Hip fractured recently in pursuit (9)
WWII fighter to make unauthorised flight, returning seaman (6,3)
Sauce recipes, tomato included (5)
Below par wage? (4,3)
Degenerate Republican's falling asleep (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of R (‘Republican’) plus ELAPSE (‘falling asleep’, noun) , an anagram (‘falling’) of ‘asleep’ .
Down
English medic turned up with hat on, first landing here? (4,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of CAP (‘hat’) plus E (‘English’) plus COD, a reversal (‘turned up’ in a down light) of DOC (‘medic’); with reference to the Puritan colonists in North America.
Outstanding lakes in Britain polluted (9)
School's top people finally cracking Nutmeg's riddle (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of S (‘ S chool’s’) plus IEVE, an envelope (‘cracking’) of E (‘peopl E finally’) in I’VE (‘Nutmeg’s’ i.e. Nutmeg has). Here I had a nudge from 3D in Bluth’s recent Independant crossword 11,283.
23d
Those with orders to carry out on battlefield? (9,5)
Renowned athlete bearing name initially misprinted in schedule (5,9)
Bare northern parts a Breton loved (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘parts’) of N (‘northern’) in UN (‘a Breton’; the indefinite article in Breton, with feminine una. So now you know) plus ADORED (‘loved’).
Little Boy's younger and nastier cousin admitting personal problem to hospital doctor (1-4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘admitting’) of BO (‘personal problem’) in H (‘hospital’) plus MB (Medecinae Baccalaureus, ‘doctor’). Little Boy was the A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
Touring East, passes on hand-rolled ciggies (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘touring’) of E (‘East’) in REFERS (‘passes on’).
Tart flavouring a little bit sweet (5,4)
See 5
Not the best variety of bean to eat? (7-2)
Scoundrel blocking intelligence agency's bugs (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘blocking’) of CAD (‘scoundrel’) in CIA’S (‘intelligence agency’s’).
Seasonal post with strings attached? (7)
Modern language degree, so it appears (5)
See 4
Outrage as a Guardian setter's reported (5)
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