Across
Repeatedly bear ridicule (4-4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
POOH ‘Bear’, twice.
Tail is part of one and one is part of tail (6)
Awful deed, act I commit (8)
Land in country, European nation (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of E (‘European’) plus STATE (‘nation’).
Saint seen in awfully rich bar with that woman (11)
17a
Produces text, we hear, about donkey in part of book — major life events (5,2,7)
See 15
Sailor robbed saint, reportedly — part of explosive mixture (9)
Burgle home to get bird (5)
Accommodating people, like an initially powerless political leader (11)
Prioritise treatment when a tiger runs amok (6)
One living in hope as I tip most haphazardly (8)
Wise-looking old learner included in list in the past (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of O (‘old’) plus WLISH, an envelope (‘included in’) of L (‘learner’) in WISH (‘list in the past’ – “the wind bloweth where it listeth”)
Settled score with duke, say, at no point retreating (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘retreating’) of D (‘duke’) plus E.G. (‘say’) plus NEVER (‘at no point’).
Down
Editor in charge limited by pedant, who provides low-level care? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘limited by’) of ED (‘editor’) plus I/C (‘in charge’) in PURIST (‘pedant’).
Doubly wrong about charge in a pig-headed way (10)
Lots of certain animals in containers (5)
Is not Dr Tooth possibly an alias for one? (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘possibly’) of ‘is not Dr Tooth’, with an extended definition.
Addict across street, right? It's less clear (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘across’) of ST (‘street’) plus R (‘right’) in ABUSER (‘addict’).
Asinine pronouncement from monarch borne by horse (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘borne by’) of R ( Rex or Regina , ‘monarch’) in BAY (‘horse’).
Draws, we hear, little piggies for children (4)
People using crooks with little money, namely to get something to eat (9,3)
Removing skin around swelling, as form of prepping (10)
Exerted control about accommodation and raised prices again (10)
Internalised moral restraints group sees as distorted (9)
Innocent the First dividing part of church (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘dividing’) of I (‘the First’) in NAVE (‘part of church’)
This German ruler, on reflection, is no different (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
The ‘German ruler’ would be Otto von Bismark; a palindrome.
Girl coming to harm following Jack (4)
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… and Jill came tumbling after.
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