Across
Stop being a TV viewer's plaything (4-2-3-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
'jack in the box' could mean "Stop being a TV viewer" ('jack in' meaning to quit or abandon something, and 'the box' as slang for TV) the ' s in "viewer' s " indicates [wordplay] i s [definition], rather than a possessive
Characters inspired by Benjamin Franklin later on (5)
Department stores priest runs for one who waits (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: "one who waits": a waiter in a restaurant, specialising in wines SOMME="Department" as in a region of France [wiki] around ELI (a "priest" in the Bible); plus R (runs, cricket abbreviation)
Spooner's child spotted miso ingredient (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Spoonerism of 'boy seen'="child spotted"
Satellite broadcaster mostly welcoming new input (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: the first artificial Earth satellite [wiki] SK (most of the letters of 'Sky', broadcasting company), around anagram/"new" of (input)*
Peril in the deep sewer, working inside it (3,7)
Say Ivan Toney's shots always rebound? Only the headers (4)
Blunder? If so, bumbler becomes humbler (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: a bish is a mistake or a blunder If [BISH], bumbler becomes humbler: If ' B is H ', B -umbler becomes H -umbler
Ex-president requires hand with task to perform (10)
Legislature's better current tax cut (7)
Rocket leaves now starter for lunch, and swell cakes provided (4-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: the time at which a "Rocket leaves" starting letter of L-[unch], and TOFF=slang for an upper-class person="swell"; all around ("cakes") IF="provided" 'cake' as a verb meaning to cover, to coat e.g. 'caked in mud'
Wanting drive, hate travelling in empty Landcruiser with smoke coming from the back (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: "Wanting" as in 'lacking'; "drive" as in energy or motivation anagram/"travelling" of (hate)*, in L-[andcruise]-R emptied out, plus CIG (cigarette, "smoke") reversed/"coming from the back"
Bit of hip old city (5)
Join in revolution, deposing leader with initiative (12)
Down
After a short time, get hold of small items put in the post (5,4)
Ferry operator retaining games supervisor (8)
Playmaker's chronic complaint over Everton's wingers (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: Henrik Ibsen the playwright [wiki] IBS (irritable bowel syndorme, "chronic complaint"); above the outer letters/"wingers" of E-[verto]-N
European punching body part — nose gets swollen (9)
For the radio engineer, something beautiful to behold (6)
Excerpt from Antonioni's domestic tear-jerker? (5)
Fans of the sauce really tucking into sauces (6)
Agent displaying the odds of Burberry receiving fine (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
the odd letters of B -u- R -b- E -r- R -y, around OK="fine"
Opening of supermarket destroys clothes shop, creating workforce issue (6,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
opening letter of S-upermarket, plus KILLS="destroys" + GAP the clothing brand [wiki]
Shanty about upright character joining navy salt? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SEA SONG="Shanty", around: I (capital letter i, written as a vertical line / "upright character") plus N (navy)
Grand artist and I squabble about muralist's works (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
G ("Grand", as in £1000) + RA (Royal Academician, "artist"); plus I + TIFF="squabble" both reversed/"about"
What's spent on Wall Street banks in large-scale collapse (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BUCK=slang for the US dollar="What's spent on Wall Street"; plus the outer letters/"banks" of L-[arge-scal]-E
Slag off Guardian setter, turning on a Guardian setter (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FED=name of a "Guardian [cryptic] setter" reversed/"turning" + A + ME=as in Picaroon, "Guardian setter"
Attack right back in box that's well defended (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: to attack (by firing machine guns mounted on aircraft) RT ("right"), reversed/"back", in SAFE="box that's well defended"
Reason why waiter may be annoyed around Spike (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: a spike used by mountain climbers NO TIP="Reason why waiter may be annoyed", reversed/"around"
Fruit for Wilhelm I, cutting into large one (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: another spelling of 'lychee' ICH='I' in German='for Wilhelm, I'; inside L (large) + I (one)
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