Across
Minister backed intervening in harbour subject to tremors (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (backed) of REV (minister) in QUAY (harbour)
Leading measure when considering steam? (5,2)
Nut, losing head, with shift of active enthusiasm (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[h]AZEL (nut) minus its initial letter (losing head) with the A (active – it’s in Chambers: I think it must be grammatical, referring to the voice of a verb) changing its position
Take a long time consuming a lot of pretty drinks (9)
Limitations on soup — cold or hot? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S[ou]P + ICY (cold)
On the off chance, accepting second note in additional amount (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IN CASE (on the off chance) round RE (second note)
Beam and grate left unfinished (4)
A new outburst dismissing universal apprehension (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A N (new) + G[u]ST (outburst) minus u (universal)
6d
It's coming now — a lot of odd ideas about oneself (4,4)
Also (according to report) Times not open about women in couples (3,2,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I’m missing somethig here: we have TWO – sounds like (according to report) ‘too’, (also) twice, round W (women) twice, round BY (Times) – but I can’t see how it fits together (not open?) Please see comments 1,2,3,4,6 and probably more by now – thanks all; can’t believe I missed ‘to’ = ‘not open’: I’ve seen it enough times!
Key point rejected, as far as celebrity is concerned (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (rejected) of TO VIP (as far as celebrity is concerned: under ‘to’, Chambers has ‘in accordance, comparison, proportion or relation with, which I think works here)
23d
One eliminating small old city in type of game (9)
See 1
Against accepting defeat? One’s in the soup (7)
Quick to carry a blade (7)
Down
22a
Musician’s accessories lacking colour, getting the bird (4,4)
Visual adjustment subject to forcible separation (8)
Ill-mannered clamour about pop group curtailed (6)
Right about blocking call for a quicker approach (5,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RT (right) + C (about) in SHOUT (call)
Accessory, Louis Vuitton article, containing new item of jewellery (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BAG (accessory) round N (new) + LE (Louis Vuitton – i.e. French – article) – and Louis Vuitton sells accessories – clever clue
See 17 across
One in leading group savage about Liberal boasting (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I (one) in VAN (leading group) + GORY (savage) round L (Liberal)
Mammal calculating tail not needed (5)
Argument about recipe: he and his wife had very varying dietary tastes (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SPAT (argument) round R (recipe) – Jack Sprat, according to the nursery rhyme, could eat no fat while his wife could eat no lean (To forestall a possible query about R = recipe – it seems a little while since we had one – ‘recipe’ is Latin for ‘take’ and the abbreviation R was formerly found on doctors’ prescriptions)
Former area far from the coast, not island (8)
Jilted bride experiencing losing no-good fraud (8)
Soup book is rather lacking in sex appeal (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
B (book) + IS + QU[it]E (rather) minus it (sex appeal)
Turned up literary detective (not the old woman) — such writing is over the top (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (turned) of UP + (Miss) [ma]ARPLE (Agatha Christie’s detective) minus ‘ma’ (the old woman)
Knight getting silver, engaged in challenges in times long ago (4,4)
See 21
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