Across
Old Albert has to pay attention to tea at home (5,5)
Dangerous animal? Nonsense (4)
Unruly, following drunk in court? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reference to the offence “drunk and disorderly”.
Going for this number is cheap (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reference to the expression “going for a song”.
Perhaps Houdini’s key defender (12)
Usual memo for altering impressive tomb (9)
French maid’s trimmed hat (5)
One rising and beginning to break into dance (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘into’) of B (‘beginning to B reak’) in REEL (‘dance’).
For example, Edward likely to plead guilty? (9)
Band having plenty of coal? Exactly (8,4)
Up and about shortly for wine (4)
Without moving fills drawer with money (5-5)
The capital of Italy? (4)
Demonstrate against worker perhaps, one typically with strong work ethic (10)
Down
Takes a partner a day, in brief (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A less common abbreviation (‘in brief’) of Wednesday (‘a day’)..
Hardy woman’s tresses regularly combed out (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Alternate letters (‘regularly combed out’) of ‘ T r E s S e S ‘, for the principal character in Thomas Hardy’s novel Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman .
Strip, but not for running (4,8)
In hard currency area one may be laughing (5)
Douglas is here, but implicitly not his wife? (4,2,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I hardly think any explanation is due beyond pointing out, for those who might not know, that Douglas is the capital city of the island.
Kick out keyboard player, one expecting perfection (10)
A very long way, suffering in grisly heat (5,5)
Instruments, and twice as many singers (6,6)
Start a new life as a man (10)
One silently expectant that gives dinner a bit of a lift? (4,6)
Come across blokes heading off to the bar (9)
Gold coin: train to clip top and bottom (5)
Italian city’s irrational appeal (4)
Tree-dweller just too long for narrow opening (4)
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