Across
Jab from Ali, one needing cut treated (9)
Plain feature of personal life recollected (5)
Left hand in the end was tickly (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letter of ( … in the end ) “ hand ” ITCHED(was tickly/needed scratching).
Lock up repellent figure smuggling in brew (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal of ( repellent ) NINE(a numerical figure) containing ( smuggling in ) CHA(or char, informal term for tea, a brew).
Last of five cracks finished off nut (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letter of ( Last of ) “ five ” contained in ( cracks ) HAD(finished off, say, a meal).
Literary prizegiver once impressed by denouement of weepie – should that be confined to the bin? (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WHITBREAD(company which once sponsored the Whitbread Book Awards, which were then renamed the Costa Book Awards, then terminated in 20022) containing ( impressed by ) last letter of ( denouement of ) “ weepie “.
Loud female ultimately consumed by drink? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letters, respectively, of ( … ultimately ) “ Loud female ” contained in ( consumed by ) LATTE(or caffelatte, a drink of coffee and milk).
Minister, rev with super-detailed forms (5,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( … forms ) [ REV plus ( with ) “ super ” minus its last letter ( -detailed ) ].
Girl, sweet love? (5,5)
Brief flash in battle (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letter deleted from ( Brief ) “spark”(a small flash of light).
See 23 Down
Set of shelves that might get Scottish engineer in a tangle, did you say? (7)
Old athlete running backwards in US, New Orleans (5)
Instruction from yoga master having addled the brain, pose finally grasped (7,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( addled ) THE BRAIN containing last letter of ( … finally grasped ) “ pose “.
Down
Crank with daughter jailed, sick female and player in cooler? (4-5,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WINCH(crank/that part of a shaft or axle bent out at right angles) containing ( with … jailed ) D(abbrev. for “daughter”) + ILL(sick/unwell) + F(abbrev. for “female”) plus ( and ) ACTOR(player of a character in a stage play or film).
5d
Setter contemplated resignation, discontented creative (8,6)
Forward up, backflipping on pitch (5)
Something like a trainer also boarding ship on promontory (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AND(also/in addition) contained in ( boarding ) SS(abbrev. for “steamship”, in the names of such ships) placed above ( on , in a down clue) HOE(a promontory/a headland).
See 2
Melodious singer, beagle? (9)
Show is cancelled in wonderland (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“ is ” deleted from ( cancelled in ) “paradise”(a wonderland/an ideal place).
Basic literary connection, one put in weird novel penned by American novelist (6-2,7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( … novel ) [ I(Roman numeral for “one”) + PUT IN WEIRD ] contained in ( penned by ) JONG(Erica, American novelist, known for her “Fear of Flying”).
Minute: parts of it covering years and years (4-5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
{ [ITS BITS](parts/bits of it, whatever “it” is) containing ( covering ) Y(abbrev. for “years”) } plus ( and ) Y(abbrev. for “years”).
Sooner or later one beastly female after another has enslaved me (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[HEN(one beastly female, specifically, a female fowl) placed under ( after , in a down clue) SOW(another beastly female, this time an adult female pig)] containing ( has enslaved ) ME .
Muscle builder, cuddly giant no more by the sound of it? (8)
Linear shot powered gun (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( … shot ) LINEAR .
Partners occupying different beds, pillocks (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
W,E(symbols for “West” and “East”, partners in the game of bridge) contained in ( occupying ) anagram of ( different ) BEDS .
24a
Escoffier's porridge announced? (5,7)
Type letters or click words in the clue