Across
A sexually fluid work I see announced? Not necessarily (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BI (sexually fluid) + OP (work) + I C; not really an &lit, I would say, but the definition is certainly tangled up with the wordplay
Nearby, very angry with oneself (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
To be “beside oneself” is to be very angry
A consequence of bad hearing? (7)
Information on boy getting cheaper drug (7)
One’s success is in the balance (9,6)
Idle head (4)
Start one’s piece, but not wait for the signal (4,3,3)
Old-fashioned medium broadcast modest aria (5,5)
Clean up US state briefly (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Abbreviated WASHington
In novel, a short section an idiot misread (1,7,2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A PASSAGE (short section of a book etc) + (AN IDIOT)* – novel by E M Forster, first published in 1924
Test: cut back the one for me (7)
Bewildered by how badly business is going (2,1,4)
After exercise bring back fish and a sort of butter (6)
Idlers said to go for the bright lights (6)
Down
Assimilate where fire may be lit, if not hot (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IN THE GRATE less H
Solid support for Rhodes’s statue? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
More or less a straight definition, with a reference to the controversy over the status of Cecil Rhodes in Oriel College, Oxford
Seminars using slang endlessly (9)
One calls for the Army (5)
Ashen, but work thus to get some colour (8)
Mike redubbed, turning up bearing another name (5)
Dangerous creature, a kestrel – ant is pulverised (11)
One or two of these appear in the New Testament (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reference to the two epistles to the Corinthians in the NT
Mock battle in which the losers are the more decorated? (9)
Educational journey to old city, under £1K (5,4)
Discharge online assignment? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An online assignment could be an E-MISSION
Exams that French speakers often miss out (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
The final letters of French words are often silent, e.g. in français , or indeed silent Thanks to Criceto and other commenters: a better parsing is that a FINAL S is often not pronounced in French words
A barrier of stone (5)
Hotel patron gets out uniform packed away (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
U in GETS*
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