Across
Issue is open, if Conservative becomes quiet (7)
A short report on ground is refreshing stuff (4,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SOD (ground – poetic) + A POP (a short report – explosion)
Stand out function held outside hotel (5)
Small sports car won't accommodate a third wheel? (3,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Is this a cryptic (?) definition, referring to the fact that there is no room for a spare wheel in a two-seater (as I would write it)? Please see comments 1-3
Tell us all you know of fool meeting with success … (3,4,2)
... although this fool is reportedly busier! (5)
Team in loss? Occasionally, it's a result of the toss (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Alternate letters (occasionally) of TeAm In LoSs
Flatter setting for third rate flower (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BUTTER UP (flatter) round C (third rate) I have never seen this flower as two words, as it is in both the online and paper versions I have just seen that the word count has been amended in the online version
Urge safer cooking - it's a healthier style (5,4)
Regressive US city removes latitude for green growth (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (regressive) of DAL[l]AS (US city) minus l (latitude)
Come back to accept a solution for unresolved contest (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
This clue seems the wrong way round: for me, the wordplay leads to REPLAY (solution for unresolved contest)
Powerful accessories bring society to the fore (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TRAPPINGS (accessories) with the S (society) moved to the beginning
It ran Nato ragged as an expression of frustration (9)
Stunned by primate carrying silverback (5)
Notice mould being reversed — it's unmissable (4,3)
They dig pit in seconds (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HOVEL (pit?) in S S (seconds) – I think of a hovel as some kind of building but Chambers has ‘a small or wretched dwelling’, which I suppose could be a pit; Collins has ‘a ramshackle (which implies a building) dwelling place’
Down
Reveal support for discharge, although it's faint (4,3)
Being angry, list out content of transport (9)
Old Brits located trendy centre in France here (5)
Narrowly miss scoring with attack on legal profession (3,3,3)
Get away on time for film (5)
Type of sleep needed by wounded male in bandage (9)
Safe part of Cape terrain (5)
Vegetable providing standard crop (7)
Deplorable transfer creates difficult situation (5,4)
Calls after elder, perhaps as they reveal age (4,5)
Develop clever shielding for vital complex (9)
Ball carrier loses half of boot during rugby set piece (7)
Depart for short rest in temporary accommodation (7)
Capital doubles when interest rate drops (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PAIRS (doubles) with the I (interest rate?? – confirmed: thanks, KVa @26 ) ‘dropping’, in a down clue
Criticise president being elevated, showing determination (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I can’t see this, I’m afraid: SNIPE means to criticise but ‘elevating’ the P (= president? – I can’t find it) doesn’t lead to SPINE
Principals prohibit learning about teachings of this idealist (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Initial letters (principals) of Prohibit Learning About Teachings Of – another great surface: see here
Type letters or click words in the clue