Across
Sort of low belt round double depth bikini bottom (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SASH="belt" around: double D D (depth) plus end/bottom letter of [bikin]-I
The woman’s quote about dissident (7)
Set free, soldier goes inside (5)
Describing a thing, possibly a mandolin (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/"possibly" of (a mandolin)*
The main means of taking a break from Tom’s joint? (6,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
in the definition, "main" as in 'the sea' CRUISE'S HIP = Tom Cruise's hip joint
Bank drop reported (4)
Antihero, used inventively, is taught to go outside (5-7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: taught to excrete ['to go'] outside of the house anagram/"inventively" of (Antihero used)*
Determination of agent back on detachment (12)
Wearing clothes of Young Conservative? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C LAD = Conservative Lad = "Young Conservative"
See 17 Down
House builders would get fired here (5-4)
Part of the film host’s run (5)
Never losing heart over test stage of Apollo mission? (2-5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NE[v]ER losing its centre/heart, reversed/"over", plus TRY="test"
Retire on getting free drink? (7)
Down
Smart southern Leith almost takes on the church (6)
Not quite useless, arthritic disease is a shelter (6)
In hell, pretended to be ill (10)
Many a sheep strays, wasting energy (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/"strays" of (sheep)*, minus an 'e' for "energy"
Name of female turning thirteen (adult?) (9)
Party politician dominated by royal’s main circle (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MP (Member of Parliament, "politician"), underneath (dominated by): R-[oyal]'s main/first letter + O="circle"
Figure sun on particles causes strain (8)
State the American tone applied to song and dance (8)
Unhappy back beat material (10)
Spy chief frantically clutching end of drainpipe spout (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/"frantically" of (Spy chief)*, around end of [drainpip]-E
No character shown when one’s depressed (5,3)
22a
Artistic Bill Telling’s making up the numbers (8,10)
Pitt: crazy old English creep! (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/"crazy" of (Pitt)*, plus O (old) + E (English)
Composed hashtag: ‘no hospital – horrified’ (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/"Composed" of (hashtag)* minus one 'h' for "hospital"
Proprietorial type of drug missing date (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[d]-OWNER="drug" missing 'd' for "date"
Descend slope and start to test for take-off (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: 'take-off' meaning comedic mimicry, which could make up a comedy skit SKI="Descend slope" + start to T-[est]
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