Across
Opt to be fat (5)
Water in or out of awful lavatories (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition as in ‘…makes one’s mouth water’ “ or ” letters taken out of anagram/”awful” of (lavat or ies)* “in” connects the definition to the wordplay, and is not part of the wordplay
Woven carrycot sheets showing birds (14)
Wearing short trench coat, possibly, or wearing nothing (2,3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”possibly” of ( Wearin th )* Wearin =”Wearing short”, and th are the outer letters/”coat” of “ t -renc- h “
Damage part of St Paul's Cathedral (6)
Joy about constant hair removal (9)
Pub diet? (5)
Romeo in wrapround, so to speak? (5)
Felon's foul crimes against worker (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”foul” of (crimes)*, next to ANT=”worker”
Attract trainee (60%) (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
60% (six out of ten) of the letters from appr-ENTICE=”trainee”
At first, bands need commitment of DJ (5,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
for definition, DJ as in ‘dinner jacket’ first of B-ands, plus LACK=”need” + TIE=”commitment”
Perhaps begged for a meal when lazy? (9,2,3)
End of Happy Valley coming first, indeed sentimental (4-4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
end letter of [Happ]-Y, with WYE (Wye Valley in the UK) “coming first”; all in DEED or “in- deed “
Requiem in a cathedral, say (5)
Down
Spreads anti-abortionist values (12)
Bothersome description of the sun at dawn and before dusk (9)
See 20
Political philosophy as an alternative to viagra is taken by some, but not all (9)
When one instrument fails to start, get another (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
a f lute is “one instrument” – without its starting letter for LUTE , another instrument
Every other hour, live car crash as a result of such traffic (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”crash” of (hu live car)* hu in the anagram fodder from “Every other” letter of “ h o u r”
Cards turning up perfectly? That's about right (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
reversal/”turning up” of TOAT=’to a T’=”perfectly”, around R (right)
Special occasion with tidied-up pad finally ready to receive landlord? (3-6,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”tidied-up” of ( d ready)*, around LETTER=someone who lets out property=”landlord” d in anagram fodder is the final letter of pa- d
Dictator's domain showing raised bed, lurid and topped with gold (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
reversal/”raised” of COT=”bed”, plus RACY=”lurid”; with AU=chemical symbol for “gold” at the top
Slide out after space explorers like Bob Dylan's voice (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”out” of (Slide)*, after NASA=”space explorers”
Have a bet on this poor-quality furniture (4,5)
3d
Suit or suite? (5-5)
State announcement of cold or hot food (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Chile may be pronounced like ‘chilly’ (“cold”) or ‘chilli’ (“hot food”)
Top moment questionable (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“Top” as a verb meaning to remove the top [letter] from j-IFFY=”moment”
Type letters or click words in the clue