Across
Need to stop by Sudanese recycling plant (5-4,5)
Regret about an eastern monarchy spinning charm (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘spinning’) of an envelope (‘about’) of OMAN (‘an eastern monarchy’ – specifically a sultanate) in RUE (‘regret’).
Wish to bend arm (7)
Smooth ridges going west (5)
City's former special police after fashionable old writer (9)
Mediocre performer wanting praise, forgetting line after overacting (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of HAM (‘overacting’ – but the word is probably derived from hamfatter) plus F[l]ATTER (‘praise’) minus the L (‘forgetting line’). ‘After’ gives the order of the particles, and ‘wanting’ is a link word.
Work component of photo scanner (5)
Last pair taken from shoe shop (5)
Stadium leaders saving skin in short newspaper section (9)
Ordinary bloke initially escaping suspicion surrounding complete maverick (3,3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘surrounding’) of DONE (‘complete’) in O (‘ordinary’) plus DOU[b]T (‘suspicion’) minus the B (‘ B loke initially escaping’). And with that, the blog is done.
Adult underwear picked up in the sunshine? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of A (‘adult’) plus BASK, sounding like (‘picked up’) BASQUE (‘underwear’ – see Wiki )
Starts to see phantom, true ghost from the past (7)
Old Italian footballer recalled first couple of internationals — it's a long time since he scored (7)
Do not disturb unaccompanied spring holidays taken retrospectively? (5,4,5)
Down
Song period mostly covered by book — inferior revised thesis (5,4,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘covered by’) of HOU[r] (‘period’) minus the last letter (‘mostly’) in B (‘book’) plus LESS (‘inferior’) plus THISSE, an anagram (‘revised’) of ‘thesis’.
US city hospital in area north of Maine, abandoned (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘in’) of H (‘hospital’) in A (‘area’) plus (‘north of’ – which just states the obvious, in a down light) NAEIM, an anagram (‘abandoned’) of ‘Maine’
Turn down drink (5,4)
Risky to upset old royal supporter (7)
Did rail, northbound, for free (7)
Curling regularly pared part of a bone (5)
Leisurely walkers better ignoring leader, heading south (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of [g]AMBLER S (‘better s ‘) minus the first letter (‘ignoring leader’) plus S (‘heading S outh’).
Playing safe, my risk wins multi-tasking aid (5,4,5)
British island protected by French vessel on American body of water (6,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘protected by’) of MAN (‘British island’) in TASSE (cup, ‘French vessel’) plus A (‘American’).
Sanction Diana, for one, bearing crosses (7)
Constant love in vigil over Native American (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of C (‘constant’ – the speed of light, for example) plus HOCTAW, an envelope (‘in’) of O (‘love’) in HCTAW, a reversal (‘over’) of WATCH (‘vigil’).
Something signifying a huge amount in colloquial little typo (7)
Cut up nothing, devouring game earnestly (2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘devouring’) of NIM (‘game’; this matchstick game came up not so long ago, but I have not yet tracked down where, even though I commented on it – the only reference I could find was to a Qaos puzzle that I blogged in 2017) in EXA, a reversal (‘up’ in a down light) of AXE (‘cut’); plus O (‘nothing’).
Laze mindlessly, seen regularly around desert (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘around’) of VEG (‘laze mindlessly’) plus EN (‘s E e N regularly’).
Type letters or click words in the clue