Across
Little girl read out first of lessons at church (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CATH (‘little girl’) + an anagram (out) of READ + L[essons]
Maximum resentment reported (4)
Graves would be included here (4,4)
Meeting conducted with spirit? (6)
Shows scorn but never without five on board (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NE[v]ER (minus V – five) in SS (steamship, so ‘on board’)
He worked with deadly chemical (8)
Latest bulletin about coups d’etat Scot dismissed (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (about) of [co] UP [s] D’ETA [t] minus the letters of ‘scot’ – almost in the right order
Codebreaker admitted to private education (8)
Protection for half a day is almost hell (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SUN[day] + ‘S (is) + HADE[s] (almost hell)
Nobbled one horse dealer (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (nobbled) of I (one) HORSE
Lights out here in France, it’s decreed (8)
Feature of Barnet Hospital rebuilt losing house (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (rebuilt) of [ho]SPITAL minus ho (house) – barnet (fair) being rhyming slang for hair(style)
Fruit, almost a pound once topped (6)
Accepted model flag for the regiment (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I think this is a triple definition
Could be Wight or Lewis, (Lewis) partially! (4)
Second donkey wandering afar to small tree (9)
Down
The Stones’ memorial? (5)
May precede tavern in the town (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
THERE’S A tavern in the town, as the song goes , with a reference to our former prime minister, Theresa May – but I’m struggling to get the cryptic grammar to work
Set out, covering team departures (5)
Pull back leading troops president upset (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (upset) of T (leading Troops – this device is generally disapproved of) + CARTER (president)
City’s tired wingers’ desire to get to final (4-5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LA’S (city’s) + T[ire]D + ITCH (desire)
Hear cop busted illegal fisherman (7)
Section of grammar review of Aeneid (three chapters) (9)
Trousers added to rowing team (4,5)
They may pass on what they know (9)
Caught nieces playing with physics, say (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (playing) of C (caught) + NIECES
Comes into force? (7)
Smear tactics from one leaving Orcadian, maybe (7)
Up mountain, two sharp bends and a square (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (up, in a down clue) of ALP (mountain) + Z (two sharp bends, as in a road sign) + A – this clue was in the last Maskarade puzzle that I blogged
They could be spare in City restaurant (5)
Type letters or click words in the clue