Across
Devious follower aiming to kidnap a king (7,2,6)
Teasing adult I see in very old hat (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ARCH (e.g. ‘an arch tone of voice’)=”Teasing” + A (adult) + I + C (the letter pronounced as “see”)
Outbids American wallies, extreme characters taken in (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GUMPS=”American” term for “wallies”, with A and Z=”extreme characters [from each end of the alphabet] taken in”
Former English West Country banker (3)
Big adjustable spanner a boon to estuary's shipping (5,6)
Translating a poet is no Yankee idler's preference (4,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”Translating” of (a poet is no Y)*, where Y=”Yankee” in the Nato phonetic alphabet
Bearing children is always painful (4)
Backing spoils instrument (4)
Measuring device for farm vehicle (10)
Back row in Palladium booked in advance (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
REAR=”Back” + RANGE=”Row”, all inside PD=Pd, chemical symbol for “Palladium”
Broadcast overlooks woman's entitlement (3)
Put straight tabloid's missing section with ferocious expression (7)
Capital tour, lastly to coral island (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TRIP=”tour”, plus last letters of t-O cora-L, plus I (island)
This precursor of flood proving ruinously expensive (8,3,4)
Down
Male jockeys tucked into cereal, a taboo food nowadays? (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”jockeys” of (male)*, inside WHEAT=”cereal”
Minions have no means of access, one cell being shared (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LAC K K EYS=”have no means of access”, with the K written once and “shared” rather than repeated I think “cell” here refers to a square in the crossword grid i.e. a single letter entry
Passivity I confronted primarily in country (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I, plus primary/first letter of C-onfronted inside NATION=”country”
Tropical bird's gullet swallowing roughly (5)
Make sense of dignitary made public (6,3)
They cut bill dropped by flyers at sea (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RAZOR- BILL -S=seabirds=”flyers at sea”, minus bill
Itinerant mounted police working across America (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
reversal upwards/”mounted” of all of: CID (Criminal Investigation Department, “police”) plus ON=”working” both around AM (America)
Go after opponents at table, then prosecute (5)
Waterproof covering setter in rickety train (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PAUL=Guardian crossword “setter”, inside anagram/”rickety” of (train)*
Courts approve standard (9)
Uncompromising firm's leading chain (8)
Direct lots of deliveries here from time to time (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OVERS (an over in cricket contains at least six deliveries)=”lots of deliveries” + occasional/”from time to time” letters from h-E-r-E
Lottery raised a good deal — order British to split it (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
reversal/”raised” of A LOT=”a good deal”, with OM (Order of Merit) + B (British) inside
Strong drink artist put up on shelf (6)
Choice morsel of Brie? Precisely (5)
Criticise mean bribe (3,2)
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