Across
Fashion short garment – it’s retro but it inspires apathy (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
reversal (“retro”) of MODE=”Fashion” + ROB-[e]=”short garment”
Champion providing support when overwhelmed by alcohol (7)
Clears this country earl to get decoration from Japan (7)
Weather unsettled in part due to these constant movements (3,4)
We had this out – I want an end to it (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”out” of (We had this)*
They kept tabs on everybody in almost moribund condition (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: secret police agency in East Germany STASI-[s]=”almost moribund condition”
Media make claim of being ignored (5)
Enrage VIP carved up by news network? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”carved up” of (Enrage VIP)*
Leftie gets reprimand, being where celebs parade (3,6)
Type of charger essential to future large robots (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition referring to a turbocharger in an internal combustion engine central (“essential”) letters taken from [fu]-TU-[re] [la]-R-[ge] [ro]-BO-[ts]
Sachet occasionally filled with gold relish (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
occasional letters from S-[a]-C-[h]-E-[t], filled with AU (symbol for “gold”)
Pressurise group to make sportswear (5,4)
Cultivated place for money holder generation (7)
Device storing large amount of data – and a game! (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TOOL=”Device”, around (“storing”) MB=megabyte=”large amount of data”, plus A (“and a “)
Work university advanced is magnificent (7)
Beware occupants of packed vehicle carrying drug (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: ‘careful’ used as an imperative, meaning ‘take care’ CARFUL=”occupants of packed vehicle”, around E (ecstasy, “drug”)
Down
Researched leading basis for agent that stores energy (5,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UP=”leading” (e.g. ‘up/leading by two points’), placed under (as the ‘basis’ of): [James] BOND=secret “agent” around (“stores”) E (energy)
Go back over note on evidence (7)
Money finally paid to you following crash (5)
Gathering where nutmeg pie is shared out (7,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”shared out” of (nutmeg pie)*
A longing for what’s being dropped by EastEnders (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: people living in the East End of London might ‘drop their aitches’, not pronouncing the ‘h’ at a beginning of a word A (from surface) + ITCH=”longing”
Finished exhausted having broken the budget (9)
Am I nuts travelling around in large roller? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: a “roller” is a type of sea wave anagram (“travelling around”) of (Am I nuts)*
Happen to keep it in private closet (2,5)
Spooner said condition of man is at an impasse (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Spoonerism of ‘male state’=”condition of man”
Faithful groom hit Canute (9)
Knight turns up with extravagant oval dish (7)
Starts to use up and finish off coleslaw? (6,1)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
the starts of U -[se] U -[p] are a double U , and [colesla]-W finishes in a W=’double-u’
Call out cancelled after study (4,3)
It’s curious how uneven book has everything (7)
Page ambassador to join group (5)
Send up instructions to make part of explosive (5)
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