Across
Leading members in favour of rest, we're told (8)
Put on stone in one's declining years (6)
Occupants of flat in a tenement of classical style (8)
Tory squeezing social worker creates political division (6)
Scotsman's following motor route to reach mountains (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IAN(a name for a Scotsman) ‘S placed after ( following ) [ CAR(a motor/a motorised vehicle) + PATH(a route/a course that one travels on) ].
Collect Charlie carrying Matilda's case (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ASS(a Charlie/an idiot) containing ( carrying ) 1st and last letters of ( …’s case ) “ Matilda “.
Tale from a bishop in local (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ A + RR(abbrev. for “Right Reverend”, a form of address for a bishop) ] contained in ( in ) NATIVE(local/home-grown).
7d
Philistine needs hours in gaol to fight a criminal (7,2,4)
Opposing sides hosting Arsenal initially pass very slowly (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L,R(a., respectively, “left” and “right”/opposing sides) containing ( hosting ) 1st letter of ( … initially ) “ Arsenal ” + GO(to pass/to elapse, as in “As Time Goes By”)
Singer from Cape enthralled by Beatle's playing (4,7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ROBE(a cloak, an sleeveless example of which is the cape) contained in ( enthralled by ) PAUL(McCartney, one of the Beatles) ‘S + ON(playing/performing, as in “who’s on?”).
Bound and beaten (6)
Supervises the issue recently produced (8)
Lines written in blank diary inclined to drop off (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ROWS(numbers of people or things in lines) contained in ( written in ) all inner letters deleted from ( blank ) “ diary “.
Commercial book awards (8)
Down
Remedy for depleted battery with no reduction in price (4,6)
The Spanish raillery about game to be taken back? Precisely (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal of ( … to be taken back ) [ EL(Spanish for the article “the”) + BANTER(raillery/an exchange of teasing remarks) containing ( about ) RU(abbrev. for “Rugby Union”, a form of rugby) ].
Father bears also threatened beast (5)
Enchanting time with my family's interrupted by Dynasty (8,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ WITH + OUR(my family’s with the writer using the plural first person possessive pronoun) ] containing ( interrupted by ) CHING(or Qing, an imperial dynasty of China).
Naval star running historic part of southern Africa (9)
See 18
Puts on robes for academics (4)
Boris's wife, we hear, presuming to move to next position (5,7)
Clothing worn by mounted soldier going astray (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DRESSING(clothing/a particular outfit) containing ( worn by ) reversal of ( mounted , in a down clue) GI(an American soldier).
Spots onset of growth during complex recession (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
1st letter of ( onset of ) “ growth ” contained in ( during ) anagram of ( complex ) RECESSION .
Cunning, a desirable quality in pictures but not music (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
The degree of focus or definition in pictures taken with, say, a camera; or the degree of harshness on the ears in music.
Solver pursuing Boatman up marshy creek (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
YOU(as the setter calls the solver, using the second-person pronoun) placed below ( pursuing , in a down clue) reversal of ( … up , in a down clue) AB(abbrev. for for “able bodied seaman”/a boatman/one working on a boat).
Tramp pocketing pound, in case (4)
Media's topical content is concerning (2,2)
Type letters or click words in the clue