Across
Agrees Bill should have trousers (7)
Pot: certain thing ineffectual people rejected (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘rejected’) of NAP (‘certain thing’) plus WETS (‘ineffectual people’).
27a
Survey part of cricket match involving clubs (4-4)
When one may have studied fish tail? (6,4)
Hard exercising with jacket half on (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of CARDI (cardigan, ‘jacket’) plus O (‘half O n’).
Confused Dane cornered by Claudius? There’s the rubbing (8)
Touch thorax, gathering temperature for allergy treatment (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘gathering’) of T (‘temperature’) in PAT (‘touch’) plus CHEST (‘thorax’). ‘Treatment’ is a little off: a patch test is used to identify the cause of a allergic reaction.
17a
Fruit the writer tucked into now and later, after cooking (10)
See 16
Augment with bling, especially in a bracelet (9)
Row after Irish festival gets more spirited (8)
Capital city, extravagant? Mostly sleeping (6)
Harness oil at sea for the most part (5,5)
See 10
Orchestra finally directs adopting C scales (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘adopting’) of ‘C’ in A (‘orchestr A finally’) plus SENDS (‘directs’).
Dutch city, ancient city, realistic about introduction of tourism (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘about’) of T (‘introduction of T ourism’) in UR (‘ancient city’) plus ECHT (‘realistic’, a word borrowed from the German and Dutch)
Down
Mug repeatedly cheers choral work (7)
Nymph appearing in promotional material for quarry? (5)
Daughter is left to fool around in books (7)
Garden implement right in drier surroundings (6)
Retiring comedian, stressed about source of humour (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘about’) of H (‘source of H umour’) in WIT (‘commedian’) plus DRAWN (stressed’).
Called in a group of soldiers to plan (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘in’) of RANG (‘called’) on ‘a’ plus RE (Royal Engineers, ‘group of soldiers’).
Brandish weapon with energy over one of a theatrical disposition? (13)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of SHAKE (‘brandish’) plus SPEAR (‘wepon’) plus E (‘energy’) plus AN (‘one’).
One young guy coming in to copy enamelwork (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘coming in to’) of I (‘one’, Roman numeral, or impersonal personal pronoun) plus SON (‘young guy’) in CLONE (‘copy’).
Assistance in bringing up English children at first in troubled times (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charae of E (‘English’) plus METICS, an envelope (‘in’) of C (‘ C hildren at first’) in METIS, an anagram (‘troubled’) of ‘times’. Nicely devious, with a very plausible surface.
Forecast for aircraft to sequester carbon (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘to sequester’) of C (chemical symbol, ‘carbon’) in PRO (‘for’, as opposed to ANTI) plus JET (‘aircraft’).
Unsophisticated lust about anything vulgar (3,4)
Was dismissive of chap’s second edition (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charae of HIS (‘chap’s’) plus S (‘second’) plus ED (‘edition’).
Figurative expression: very high note’s brought about end of mirror (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘brought about’) of R (‘end of mirro R ‘) in TOP E (‘very high note’).
Type letters or click words in the clue