Across
Neighbourhood wanting police officer to be authoritarian (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DISTRICT less DI (Detective Inspector)
Journalist is getting to grips with court rulings (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ED[itor] + CT (court) in IS
Crust should colour artisan bread first of all (4)
As one actor appears occasionally – the boy's four, see (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[a]C[t]O[r] + HE’S + IV + ELY (ecclesiastical see)
New clue's badly constructed using indicator, initially for 'middle parts' (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
N + CLUE + I[ndicator]
Change state of emergency, essentially – maybe Qatar's hosting (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Middle letter of emerGency in EMIRATE (of which Qatar is an example)
Suffering embarrassment when skilfully taking a cast off (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A SHED (cast off) in ABLY
Feeble Fed's quietly pursuing cartel at last (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[carte]L + I’M + P (piano, quietly)
To begin with, 'anon' means in the future (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A[non] + WAY (means). “In the future” as in “five years away”
Nurse infant over advanced influenza, finally getting spicy food (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EN (Enrolled Nurse) + A[dvanced] in CHILD + [influenz]A
Produce example Nectar card – store review all terms (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HONEY (nectar) + last letters of carD storE revieW
Group of footballers – big characters from Tottenham Hotspur – come stripped to work out (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FA (Football Assocation) + the capital letters from Tottenham Hotspur + [c]OM[e]
Journalist is working with ITV before mass protest of a modern variety (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HACK (journalist) + (IS ITV)* + M[ass]
Deposit's unreasonably small on reflection (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reverse of TOO S
Busy men with a net at sea (6)
Spoil hot iron with constant temperature (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IN (fashionable, hot) + FE (iron) + C T
Down
Give in as say, snot's brought up containing cold bacteria's source (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C in reverse of MUCUS + B[acteria]
Nonconformist bishop's breaking wind (5)
20d
Someone who loves Charlie Chaplin's debut – short act prepared with dedication (7,6)
18d
Film star's fans found him wandering around middle of Luton (6,7)
Miss film's opening to get model? (5,4)
Separate ends of ship illuminated (5,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S[hi]P + LIT UP
Instruction for division from yank – literally 3 over 3's helping to begin with (5-4,4)
Partners ask Nike to change leather (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S N (partners in the game of bridge) + (ASK NIKE)*
Pavlov commands a dog using prime bits of fatty food? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
pAVlOv CommAnDs a dOg – taking the letters in positions 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13 and 17, i.e. the primes. Fed has used this device before (as have others) but to get all the way to 17, with a phrase that makes sense, is very impressive
See 5
Beatnik recalled poo lining old river (4-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O PO (river) in reverse of TURD – not sure about the grammar of this: “lining” suggests the inclusion should be the other way round
See 3
Why some like Mars being in transit regularly with Earth (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Alternate letters of TrAnSiT + E[arth] – Mars referring to the Mars Bar
Type letters or click words in the clue