Across
Retiring from transport company surprisingly flush (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BA (British Airways, “transport company”) + anagram/”surprisingly” of (flush)*
Skilful concealing old British firm's shortfall (7)
Conspicuous volume of doubly fine drugs swallowed by company board with caution (6-5,4)
Not entirely cool at hip club in India (5)
Puritan and saint drinking wine — they may be in bed (9)
Setter dons apron for cooking, keeping dry (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I=”Setter” of this puzzle; inside anagram/”cooking” of (apron for)*
Statesperson, one given bagel and pasty (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: someone from the state of Iowa I=”one” + O (a “bagel” is a score of 0 games in a tennis set) + WAN=”pasty”
4x4 car, not Rover or Sierra (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: a sierra is a mountain range RANGE Rover=”4×4 car”, minus the “Rover”
Being crude, oil's kept here without saving the planet? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IN DRUM=”oil’s kept here”, going outside/”without” ECO=”saving the planet?”
Stall worker given zero extra cash (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TEMP (a temp worker) + O=”zero” + RISE=increase in salary=”extra cash”
Game's involving two bridge players getting tricks (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RU ‘S (rugby union + ‘s, “Game’s”); around SE (South and East, “two bridge players”)
Film version of Hamlet with antic Dane trapping foreign king (6,3,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”version” of (Hamlet)*, plus anagram/”antic” of (Dane)* around LOUIS=name of many kings of France=”foreign king”
What tennis player does after a let shows modesty (7)
Philosopher astride horse or kind of lamb (7)
Down
Bend sinister at the bottom in shield (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BUCKLE=”Bend” with the last/”bottom” letter of siniste-R
Peter amended tiny part of Bible giving reason to stick together (6,2,7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“Peter” is slang for a money box or SAFE + anagram/”amended” of (tiny)* + NUMBERS=a book of the Bible
Charges current politician over void lease for land ownership (3,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: a term for unconditional ownership of land FEES=”Charges” + I (symbol for electric current) + MP (Member of Parliament, “politician”) + L-eas-E void of its inner letters
Smashed bulb may be so (3,2)
Grilled cheese scoffed after case of Drambuie (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BRIE=”cheese” + FED=”scoffed”, all after the outer letters/”case” of D-rambui-E
Official admitting hesitation over having more autonomy (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
REF (referee, “Official”) around ER=”hesitation”, all reversed/”over”
Succeeded cracking puzzles needing brains and hard fight (5,6,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S (Succeeded) cracking into CROSSWORDS=”puzzles” plus WIT=”brains” + H (hard)
In front of uncovered king, captures rooks (5,2)
Start travelling to Nigeria (9)
Trendy blackguard has debts with no interest (9)
Spinner, which is unaffected by spinning? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ROTATOR is a palindrome, the same when reversed/”unaffected by spinning”
Inappropriately, give hands to married ladies when dancing (7)
Female leaving old seafood (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: an edible ear-shaped mollusc f (female) leaving f-ORMER=”old”
Finish eg trifle, extremely nice after turnover (3,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PUD=pudding (“eg trifle”) plus the extreme/outer letters of N-ic-E; all reversed/”after turnover”
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