Across
22d
1 in 7 is not happy (6)
Bad luck? Slap this on your head (8)
20d
We stay on plan to protect green growth — no turning back here (3-3,6)
Monster like Radovan Karadžic sounding certain to make a comeback (8)
So take a breath and pay? (7,3,4)
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14a
Allow mother to have a turn first, being cooperative (8)
Other set wins fight in court? (7,3)
Perhaps Austin's plant is not good enough (14)
Excellent foot soldiers manoeuvring without loss (2,3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( … manoeuvring ) “ foot soldiers ” minus ( without ) “ loss “.
Game of golf hosted by newlywed (6)
Elected president starts probing work assistants (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
1st letters, respectively, of ( … starts ) “ Elected president ” contained in ( probing ) DUTIES(work/tasks that are required to be performed as part of one’s job).
Troublemakers temporarily live on board (6)
Down
13a
My muck sends off courteous setter (8,8,2)
Channel says you are heartbroken (7)
This philosophy gives patriarchal extremists a boost (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
1st and last letters of ( … extremists ) “ patriarchal ” + A + TONIC(a boost/something that invigorates).
Need to take things like a man? Opt out! (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( … out ) LIKE A MAN? OPT .
Unclaimed billions brought up to frame politician (3-3)
Underwear turned up in search for explosive (3,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal of ( … turned up , in a down clue) BRA(short for “brassiere”, an item of feminine underwear) contained in ( in ) COMB(to search carefully/scour).
Dance when 17, confused about debutante's first kiss (3,2,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ Anagram of ( …, confused ) EASED UP/answer to 17 down containing ( about ) 1st letter of ( …’s first ) “ debutante ” ] + X(letter in text representing a kiss).
Burn smog, OK with energy (2,2,2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reverse clue: Reversal of ( … UP , in a down clue) GO contained in ( IN ) SMOK plus ( with ) E (abbrev. for “energy” in physics) = “ smog, OK with energy “.
Progressive finished university (9)
Fancy stereo discs occasionally used for the select few (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( Fancy ) STEREO + 2nd and 4th letters of ( … occasionally used ) “ discs “.
After 50% increase, party slackened (5,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last 4 letters out of 8 of ( 50% ) “ increase ” plus ( After … , ) DUP(abbrev. for the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland). A surface that could apply to politics.
During time of economic prosperity, socialist having little to do? (7)
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See 1
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