Across
Coo! Perhaps it is time to put on ring (8)
Minority backing a little Conservative chap following probes (3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal of ( backing ) [ WEE(little/small) + HT(Conservative chap?) ] containing ( … probes ) F(abbrev. for “following”).
Female we bet I will spoil with love (4-2-2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( … will spoil … ) [ F(abbrev. for “female”) + WE BET I plus ( with ) O(letter representing 0/love in tennis scores) ].
Substance secreted by oleasters, side by side (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Hidden in ( secreted by ) “ oleaster oleaster ” (oleasters side by side)
Cycle around Herts town in the direction of Iron Age settlement (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
1st letter moved to last position ( Cycle around ) of [ TRING(town in Hertfordshire) FOR(in the direction of, as in “I’m heading for London” ].
Writing on edge of pot (6)
Start of briefing is not as in agenda: answer party with opening issue at table (3-7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
1st letter of ( Start of ) “ briefing ” + II(2 x the letter “i”/is) replacing ( … not … in ) “aa”(2 x letter “a”/as) in “agenda” + ANS(abbrev. for “answer”). Answer: In Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels, the group/party of people in Lilliput who believed that boiled eggs should be broken at the big end, rather than the small, as commanded by the Emperor of Lilliput. This could thus be described as an opening issue at the dining table.
After heated clashes with many, agree fixture for big match (4,3,3)
Say to a person (3,3)
Drunken evolutionary bar rant expressed heartfelt feelings (1,4,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( Drunken ) [ “evolutionary” minus ( bar /excluding) “ rant ” ].
Maybe excel with muscle, rippling amount! (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( rippling ) AMOUNT . Defn: …/surpass in manliness.
Such eliciting notice from potential addressees? (3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“ad”(short for “advertisement”, promotional notice) deleted from ( eliciting … from ) anagram of ( potential ) “ addressees ”. Answer: Plural of “des-res”/short for “desirable residence”, which potential house owners/tenants will take not of.
One’s first moved to travel on e.g. bus with three conductors? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
1st letter of ( …’s first ) “ One ” shifted ( moved ) in [TO RIDE](to travel say, on a bus). Defn: An electronic valve having 3 electrodes/electrical conductors.
Poor school rings out each time for a progress-checker (5,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ “broke”(poor/having run out of money) + “pod”(a school/herd of marine animals such as whales) ] replacing ( … out each … for … ) “o”(letter shaped like a ring) with “ A ”. Defn: That which checks/slows down the progress/movement of a vehicle
Down
Gathering with hostility in cave (6)
Deliver clarification on penalty (6)
Isolate copper, in contact with fluorine repeatedly (3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CU(symbol for the chemical element, copper) + TO(in contact with/attached) F,F(twice/ repeatedly , symbol for the chemical element, fluorine).
At Centre, valet is catching Wooster purloining last of garden rakes (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ Middle letter of ( At Centre ) “ valet ” + IS ] containing ( catching ) BERTIE(Wooster, character in the Jeeves stories by P.G. Wodehouse) containing ( purloining ) last letter of ( last of ) “ garden ”.
Impetuous folk stop TV show’s interruptive material (8)
American university academic merging upcoming pre-Congress activities (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal of ( … upcoming , in a down clue) [ YALE(an American university) slotted with ( merging ) PROF(short for “professor”/academic) ]. Defn: …, “congress” as in sexual intercourse.
Good health points effecting switch in what paper shops do (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“s” and “w”(abbrev. for “south” and “west”, compass points) exchanging positions in ( effecting switch in ) “sell news”(what paper shops do).
Was sorry about adopting writing system with no ‘B’ mechanism (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal of ( … about ) RUED(was sorry/regretted) containing ( adopting ) “braille”(writing system for the blind) minus ( with no ) “ B ”. Defn: Gear … on a bike.
Reason a trip to the tobacconist is on and off? (5,3)
Lovers – bonkers – at it again indoors (8)
Ways to engage with a model (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ ST(abbrev. for “street”) + RD(abbrev. for “road”) ]/two ways/thoroughfares containing [AND A ](to engage with a) .
Admitting Arts Academy deserted very fine composer (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RA(abbrev. for the Royal Academy of Arts) contained in ( Admitting … ) [ D(abbrev. for “ deserted ” + V(abbrev. for “ very ”) + OK(okay/fine) ].
Plant U-turning keeps of course wasting energy (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal of ( …-turning ) POSH(upper class represented by “U”) containing ( keeps ) “yes”(of course/agreed) minus ( wasting ) “e”(symbol for “energy” in physics).
Planted smackers on breasts, so reported (6)
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