Across
School reunion you can’t get out of your mind? (9)
Being so captivated by Schumann (5)
They lend two overlapping signs (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LIBR A (one of the signs of the zodiac) + A RIES (another sign of the zodiac) – the two signs overlap to share the A
Factor in a chap (5)
Park official who won’t give up? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
KEEPER (someone who retains items; someone who won’t give [things] up) double definition
Half caught in large-scale outbreak (8)
Incidental benefit of bringing fast bowlers back? (4-3)
Run into wrong castle, looking embarrassed (7)
Accurate, which this isn’t for Marianne (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FAITHFUL (probably a reference to the singer Marianne FAITHFUL [1946-2025] who may not always have been [which this isn’t] FAITHFUL to her husbands. Alternatively, a reference to the character MARIANNE Sheridan in the 2020 TV drama Normal People)
Foreign letter from boy a doctor accepted (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( LAD [boy] + A ) containing (accepted) MB (Bachelor of Medicine; doctor)
House is plain, article not seen in it (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
V AN ILLA (plain) excluding (not seen) AN (indefinite article)
Staff briefly enrage Norwegian city (9)
Have no money, displaying spite (5)
Showy flower in enclosure Monet’s reproduced (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PEN (enclosure) + an anagram of (reproduced) MONET’S
Down
Compel to be helpful (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OBLIGE (do something as a favour; be helpful) double definition
Partner and I ordered turtle (8)
A person of great interest (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
This is simply a cryptic definition
Was still off the ground? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
This too is simply a cryptic definition, although it could also describe the action of someone who loitered nearby in a fairly still manner
Reluctantly move across island for pet (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BUDGE (move slightly; move with difficulty; move reluctantly) containing (across) I (island)
Yellow fever? (8)
CID’s erroneous record (4)
For hypocrite, hard to get up to join in exercise (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( H [hard, descriptive of a pencil lead] + ARISE [get up]) contained in (to join in) PE ([physical] exercise)
Unbelievably noisy about a fiddly task (4)
Catholic church’s love stories (8)
Conspirator’s device for making chart (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PLOTTER (devices for drawing graphs or charts) double definition
Incredible – old wife is fat (6)
Like loos to be abundant? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LAVISH (like LAV atorie S ; like loos)
Approached in trembling wonder (4,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of (trembling) WONDER
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