Across
Stripped of crown, old King put back in King’s birthplace (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: Elvis Presley, known as the ‘King’ of Rock ‘n’ Roll, was born in Tupelo Mississippi [C]-OLE (as in ‘old King Cole’) without the first letter/”crown”, plus PUT (from surface); all reversed/”back”
Women covering courts to show sports logos (8)
Horny beast seen in much of Auld Sod (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: a type of antelope “much” / most letters of [Ir]-ELAND Auld Sod is a term that can refer to Ireland
Proposes factions come before Yank’s holiday in report (4,5)
Positive on location of closing parenthesis? (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
on a computer keyboard layout, the “closing parenthesis” ) symbol can be accessed with the SHIFT key + the ‘0’/zero key, and is labelled above and on the same key as the digit ‘0’
It arrives after November and it’s 13½ inches tall (5)
Worry former partner with messy separation (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EX=”former partner” + anagram/”messy” of (separation)*
Interest expressed by two sailors at sea, shelled fare (5,7)
Coolidge escapes catastrophe for peace (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Cal (Calvin Coolidge, US president) removed from [ Cal ]-AMITY=”catastrophe”
Penny, a migrant, healed bird (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
P (Penny) + anagram/”healed” of (a migrant)*
Seek treasure perhaps in small island, shady place (5,4)
Section of Villanova, home to vaqueros (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: LLANO means a plain (area of flatland), where livestock herders (vaqueros) might work hidden in [Vi]-LLANO-[va]
Chewing on something hard: golf ball? (8)
Game canine evacuated, cutting cheese (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D-[o]-G=”canine” evacuated of its inner letter, cutting into BRIE=”cheese”
Down
Green tea brewed for Joan of Arc when executed? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”brewed” of (Green tea)*
Where Rick played softly, bit of solid gold (5,3)
Removing cap, splash in mud where Oddfellows gather (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: the Oddfellows are a fraternal order [wiki] who gather in lodges [P]-LODGE=”splash in mud”, with its first letter/”cap” removed
Forgoing competition, saving time, leaving no evidence (7,1,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WITHOUT A RACE=”Forgoing competition”, around/”saving” T for “time”
Blue, rotten apricot or salmon? (3-6)
Odist’s dance at church (6)
Cleo’s killer beheaded on this spot in field (6)
Fixing craps game, I’m an employer of dirty tricks (5,8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”Fixing” of (craps game I’m an)*
Not much money for pair of singers (5,4)
Underworld hack rejected secretive body part (8)
Figuratively, Olive Oyl, head Bialystok resident? (8)
Operatic villain, maybe little green man, one with big ears (6)
Doctor issued cause of atrophy (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram (“Doctor” as in to tamper with a document) of (issued)*
Athlete coming from rear in preliminaries (5)
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