Across
In the past, cutter put out stern first (4,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (stern first?) of SAW (cutter) + EMIT (put out)
Seeing they help girls, give them a good start (7)
Peace and quiet in a number of families (5)
Her career progresses by leaps and bounds (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A (not very) cryptic definition
Cushy number, creating alternative to sauce boat? (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A rather better cryptic definition
Disgusted expression as one pulls rabbit’s head out of sack (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Fi[r]E, (sack) minus r[abbit], reminding me of Hamlet’s first soliloquy, expressing his disgust and despair at his mother’s hasty marriage to his uncle, after the death of his father:
On march noticing English have left is disheartening (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DEMO (march) + R[e]ALISING (noticing) minus e (English)
About to take pew, shy, after sister’s beginning to chant this? (4,8)
Secret message doesn’t start in verse (3)
Value bus lane: travelling regularly eases (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (travelling) of BUS LANE + EaSeS – a horrible word but I’m afraid it’s in both Collins and Chambers
Soldier near failing, consumed by pity (9)
I’m not straight in the feet (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I AM BI (I’m not straight)
Bureaucracy offers old advice about where to find water (3,4)
One coming from nowhere puts out pictures (7)
Down
Out of hospital, clear of depression (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I’m afraid I’ve drawn a complete blank here: I just can’t see it
Some may catch one tampering with fruit tree (6)
They may relieve tension, but be sad to do this? (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BEADS is an anagram (worry) of BE SAD
Shed tears over queen’s grave (5)
Seek pleasure in a grand house kept up and not empty (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (kept up, in a down clue) of VILLA (house) in A G (a grand) + N[o]T – a lovely word
A city rises – from the ashes? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A + a reversal (rises, in a down clue) of WEN (city) – literally, a sebaceous cyst, used of a large, overcrowded city, after William Cobbett’s description of London as The Great Wen – it reminds me of this
Wrong about a bit of news fodder (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SIN (wrong) round A + INFO (bit of news)
Time we get off this planet? (5,3)
Gloom and doom crushing popular run of programmes (10)
Go en masse to perform, sticking to the script (2,7)
Home-maker and singer (8)
Concluded one far-right group was making a mistake (8)
Woman’s purpose, to pick up dreamy lover (6)
Having strong desire, succeeded moving up top (1-5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
THIRST (strong desire) with the S (succeeded) moving up
Marshy land in inlet edges well away from ground (5)
Cheese knife takes hearty slice (4)
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