Across
One can lose a lot of wealth: a message for banker dividing capital (6)
Pub round back of village shortly to be renovated (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[villag]E in SHORTLY*
The way to encourage Nicola? (8)
Part of shirt about to sever (3,3)
Tentative old fairy at a sort of arithmetic? (12)
Vagrant has nothing to put on top of cooker (4)
Wrongly agreed to be disparaging (8)
The cheapest accommodation always in the theatrical profession (8)
Insubstantial type of penguin the first to go (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FAIRY (a type of penguin) less its first letter
Red-carded player is just getting started (3,3,6)
After fight, finally notice abrasion (6)
All I have to do is to replace dark wool (8)
Second match perhaps less important (8)
Comparison I show amusement about (6)
Down
Husband swallowed strong feelings (4)
A venerable communication system, that's the long and the short of it (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Extended definition, with “long and short” referring to the dashes and dots of Morse code
High-level guide's phrase needs translating (6)
Fight of the century? (7,5,3)
Macabre, speaking to further tree (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Not sure about this – could be a homophone of “sick” (macabre) + MORE (further), but then where does the A come from? Or is it “sicker”? Or should the clue read “…to a further tree”?
John, who's let off working (5)
Obstinate official gets player in line (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
REF[eree] + ACTOR (player) in RY (railway, line)
Final topic to be settled for the pope (10)
Winning all the competitions can be a very tricky affair (5,4)
Sir Roger's name is in the frame (8)
Arrogance: rub his out (6)
Nasal tone of wife in Dynasty (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
W in TANG (Chinese Dynasty)
Cut-price offer announced for boat trip (4)
Type letters or click words in the clue