Across
Cryptic setter one could describe as ‘easy’ (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (cryptic) of SETTER
Rich young man buying ordinary education (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LAD (young man) round O (ordinary) plus ED (education)
Innocent spy boss infiltrates party (4)
Author’s duty about the examination of youth (5-5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CHILD’S ( author’ s ) + an anagram (about) of DUTY
During the weekend princess does rollerblading (6)
Bug about to be eaten behind closed doors (2,6)
Declares being in favour of strong characters at the centre of Brussels (9)
Mark Twain finds eating spaghetti ends messily (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (messily) of the last letters (ends) of twaiN findS eatinG spaghettI
Very happy to start with this? (4)
Alien creates artificial additional things (9)
When reversing, some forgot Tesla frequently makes high pitch (8)
Doctor Who actors in outbreak, onset of salmonella (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A nifty lift and separate anagram (out) of BREAK + S[almonella) – Tom and Colin Baker both played the Doctor in ‘Doctor Who’
(11 – 5) ÷ 1,000? Have a go – it covers advanced or simple (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ELE[v]EN (11 – 5) round (divided by) M + TRY (have a go) round A (advanced)
Does medical practitioner look inside after removing heart? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E[y]E (look) minus the middle letter (heart) in DR (medical practitioner) – an old trick but still catches the unwary
State banquet is wasting content (6)
A hundred put in Surrey prison gain height (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A + C (a hundred) in SEND ( Surrey prison ) – without much hope, I googled ‘send, prison’ – and found it
Down
Sun story about King’s brother – in conclusion, a criminal (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S (sun) + TALE (story) round K (king) + [brothe]R – an amusing allusive surface
English batsman bowled down the middle by machine (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ROOT (English batsman) round B (bowled) – Qaos couldn’t possibly have known how topical this clue would be
Reasons old girlfriend swears Romeo’s dumped (7)
Over 500,500 set off? Most peculiar (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O (over) D (500) + D (500) + an anagram (off) of SET
Policeman not working, giving up foxtrot for tango (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DE[f]ECTIVE (not working) with f (foxtrot – NATO alphabet) replaced by T (tango) ditto
Worthless information describing love produces resentment (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DUD (worthless) + GEN (information) round O (love)
Boil rice and it’s jiggling back and forth (13)
Golfers making mess of our rough (9)
Red Ferrari maybe left in place (7)
50% of them: brothers containing male chromosome? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[th]EM (50%) + BROS (brothers) round Y (male chromosome) – not quite &lit but highly allusive
Clue for a simpleton? (7)
Lines of workers rise up to capture extremists separately (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (rise up) of ANTS (workers) round A and Z (extremists) separately
Royal man for example, lifting anchor (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
K (king – royal) + ED (man) + a reversal (lifting) of EG (for example) – a new word for me
Type letters or click words in the clue
