Across
His reaction after masque dances? ‘Likely to feel sick’ (9)
Violent figure’s drink (5)
In arrears? Ring branch (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of O (‘ring’) plus WING (‘branch’).
Misses out with Independent probing leader’s negative world view (9)
20a
Tom, ‘hot lay’, joins flash channel for retro TV feature (7-3,4)
Male’s going to a hot place (4)
Arrogant thug beaten up in grass (7)
Thin swans almost cry out (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘out’) of ‘swan[s]’ minus its last letter (‘almost’) plus ‘cry’.
Rodent hunter carrying large snake (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘carrying’) of L (‘large’) in RATTER (‘rodent hunter’). I have only once seen a rattlesnake – in Massachusetts.
One expects head to wear inferior underwear (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘to wear’) of I (‘one’) plus E ( E xpects head’) in PANTS (‘inferior’).
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24d
Eastern USA pet cruelty affected koala feeding station (10,4)
M. Poiret, no dud – but no Keats (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘dud’) of ‘M Poiret no’.
Similar to a sound made by dog (5)
Sound means of accessing field technique (5)
Light accompaniment, darling? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reference to the idiom “ sweetness and light “.
Down
Patient type planting narcissi border in raised beds (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘planting’) of I (‘narciss I border’) in STOC, a reversal (‘raised’ in a down light) of COTS (‘beds’).
Investment company gives military group credit (4,5)
Who’s keen on England organising help in goal? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘organising’) of ‘help in goal’
Irreverence of Zulu warriors yet to be trained (7)
Soldiers’ ‘quiet’ hospital eradicated respiratory disease (7)
Vessel’s power cut – trouble (4)
After one’s elevated one has to be ingenuous (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of NA, a reversal (‘elevated’ in a down light) of AN (‘one’) plus I’ve (‘one has’).
Keeps restricting international language range (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘restricting’) of I (‘international’) plus MALAY (‘language’) in HAS (‘keeps’).
Senior level extended family accommodation? (6,4)
Novel association of Stern and UK newspaper (4,5)
Loudly refuse length of cord for your girth measurement? (9)
Caruso rudely interrupted by you at the end (quite loud) (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘interrupted by’) of U (‘yo U at the end’) in RACOUS, an anagram (‘rudely’) of ‘Caruso’.
Gas pressure shake (7)
Plastic stop put into butterfly wings (5)
Corsets originally traded in States (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘in’) of T (‘originallly T raded’) in SAYS (‘states’).
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