Across
The strange ring round battle site? That’s magic! (3,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (’round’) of YPRES (World War 1 ‘battle site’) in HET, an anagram (‘strange’) of ‘the’ plus O (‘ring’).
Loiter a while by old church (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of MO (moment, ‘a while’ – a short while)plus O (‘old’) plus CH (‘church’).
Posh cars? Amblers should avoid street (7)
Essential bits coming from officers listened to (7)
Woman more cagey, having had the edges knocked off (5)
Conceited American doing odd deal with Welsh (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘odd’) of ‘deal’ plus ‘Welsh’. A fairly obvious answer, but I had not come across it before.
She is one particular religious lady full of love meeting sex worker (8,7)
Old boxer maybe, one in the pulpit? (9)
Gay bishop emerging as sylphlike (5)
Hide no longer in west-coast state (7)
Ruined city with exaggerated style – one that is seen in retrospect (7)
Ancient city’s the reverse of elevated and not totally pleasant (5)
Part of descending flight said to make one overcome somehow (5,4)
Down
Poisonous fruit makes god sleep with aid not initially coming round (5,5)
Look at ship’s bit of ‘paint’? (8)
Cheeses, you may say, and a piece of cake (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Sound like (‘you may say’) BRIES (‘cheeses’).
Requests from idiot pinning king (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘pinning’) of K (‘king’) in ASS (‘idiot’).
Reserve goalie, a record-holder (10)
American city has a stream seen in an instant (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘seen in’) of A RILL (‘a stream’) in A MO (‘an instant’). The second appearance of MO in this sense.
Gathering round, revolutionary soldiers hold together (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘gathering’) of O (’round’) in CHE (Guevara, ‘revolutionary’) plus RE (Royal Engineers, ‘soldiers’).
The American putting off English so (4)
Look at naughty ladies, creating outrage (10)
Daughter on mountains with cat collected plants (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘collected’) of LION (‘cat’) in D (‘daughter’) plus ANDES (‘mountains’).
Top-class girl finally coming into old money and luxury (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘coming into’) of U (‘top-class’) plus L (‘gir L finally’) ln O (‘old’) plus PENCE (‘money’).
He’d not to go off course at the exact time (2,3,3)
Writer that’s good, penning article in Asian state (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘penning’) of AN (indefinite ‘article’) in PEN (‘writer’) plus G (‘good’). Penang is a Malaysian state. The use of ‘penning’ in the wordplay is a little unfortunate.
Pliant mountaineer maybe heading off (6)
‘Firm has sacked man’ – journalist’s submission to editor? (4)
Map showing lake in shallow depression (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘in’) of L (‘lake’) in PAN (‘shallow depression’).
Type letters or click words in the clue