Across
Occasionally working for another paper? (2,5)
Like a racket? Excitable perhaps, highly so (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: reference to the strings of e.g. a tennis racket ‘highly STRUNG’=”Excitable”
Leave stranded, eating a bit of Club biscuit (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MAROON=”Leave stranded”, around: “a” (taken directly from the surface) + C=bit of C-[lub]
Look pleased, comprehending one figure of speech (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SMILE=”Look pleased”, around I=”one”
Substitute at the altar has nowhere to sit (8,4)
We may feel in our bones they are trying to do us good (10)
Place of feline repose? (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
not too sure how to parse this, perhaps a cryptic definition, as “feline repose” can be read figuratively to describe a person resting
Swan feather (3)
Outline design for hotel suite (10)
Stop arguing and put bag down (4,4,4)
Liable to consumption, I bleed badly (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”badly” of (I bleed)*
Stagecraft at the Savoy (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
H.M.S. Pinafore [wiki] is a Savoy opera, associated with the Savoy Theatre in the West End the Pinafore is a ship or ‘craft’ on the ‘stage’ i.e. a “Stage-craft”
In pouring rain, get off toboggan? (6)
A foreboding one is not yet wise? (7)
Down
A millimetre round, or rounds (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A (from surface) + MM (millimetre) + O=”round” letter
Second good mark (4)
Long-running battle (8)
Small crop creates contempt (5)
Wounded tiger receives a medical assessment (6)
In fury, omit to organise consistency (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”to organise” of (In fury omit)*
Intellect can be a depressing affair (4,6)
Given a small part, finishing after seven (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
an EIGHTH can mean an eighth of an ounce, a small amount (of a drug); or finishing EIGHTH after seven others
Police commissioner is a snake (10)
Bear, as before, getting jam (10)
A page is making muttered comments (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A SIDE’S=a side [of paper] is=”A page is”
Pots grouse and pheasant, say, a futile occupation (4,4)
Sharp bend, one at each corner of the lab? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
a “lab” or labrador would have a dog leg at each of its four ‘corners’
Check one mischievous cousin of ours (5)
Programmer some hear gets the last bit of work (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: the last bit of [a musical] work sounds like (“some hear”) ‘coder’=”Programmer”
Festival taking place in cafeteria (4)
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