Across
4a
Leading male with dad bod (6,6)
See 1
Element of surprise, initially therein a memoir isn't true (9,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of S[urprise] THEREIN A MEMOIR
State two answers when tackling Latin question (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L[atin] ASK in two A[nswer]s
Old relation in favour of European support (8)
Cuts uncertainty in wagers (8)
Called in time to get sex? Did escort? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T[ime] + IT (sex) + LED (escorted)
Cool morning, rejected air conditioning for fan (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reverse of IN (fashionable, cool) AM, + AC
One next to Carol, not caught messing about in school photo (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of CAROL less C + I in POD (school of whales)
Person raking in money in dock after court briefly disrupted (8)
Conservative leading referendum vote that’s split (6)
Not following rules? PM Sunak silent or worried? (15)
In ecstasy tablet, rat poison extremely reckless (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (tablet) + anagram of RAT P[oiso]N – strange to have E for tablet straight after ecstasy in the definition, but the clue is sound
Let conservationists put grass outside (6)
Down
One dropping pound, picked up and pocketed by smoker (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reverse of LB in FUMER
Spectator going up to support opener in the Ashes? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T[he] + reverse of SEER
Catch second name after nurse runs into empty ambulance (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EN (Enrolled Nurse) + S[econd] N[ame] + R in A[mbulanc]E
Be left at home with husband, flipping bore (7)
Labour wants to lose bankers with redistribution for capital (4,5)
Increase tax in confused battle, member must go (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
VAT (tax) in MELEE less M[ember]
Make love with fellow, American idiot (6)
One doing sport to take off short top (3,6)
Score from area? Right to practise shooting here? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A + R + [shooting] RANGE – arrange/score as in music
Tweet letter: pleased Tom might do this in retirement (7)
Couch potato originally to share nuts (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
P[otato] + SHARE* – as in “to express ideas in language of a particular sort”
Towards the end, accepting work to feed the kids? (7)
Called upon second couple to bonk: video shot (7)
Lie around snorting cocaine in ostentatious display (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C[ocaine] in reverse of TALE
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