Across
Like this clue? No idea! Now, got to start having a shot (7)
Pass over half of legal exercise to finish school (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of COL (‘pass’) plus LEG (”half of LEG al – at least, as near to half as you can get from five letters) plus E (‘exercis E to finish’).
Revolutionary times back in the Vaisya diaspora (4)
Back-channel new beats left spinning on these (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of TUR, a reversal (‘back’-) of RUT (-‘channel’) plus N (‘nw’) plus TABLES, an anagram (‘spinning’) of L (‘left’) plus ‘beats’, with an extended definition.
One delivering line in leafy nook (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘in’) of L (‘line’) in BOWER (‘leafy nook’).
One admires performing it as a piece of music (8)
Found ecstasy on top of sideboard-like dining furniture? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of E (‘ecstasy’) plus S (‘top of S ideboard’-) plus TABLISH (a whimsical coinage, -‘like dining furnature’).
Sign when Amazon drops off second of packages (5)
B-brilliant! (5)
Might it be their turn to make an admission? (9)
At a pinch, they can be used to make do (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Am I missing something? It seems like a rather weak cryptic definition, with a play on hairdo.
Drives an Austin (6)
I’m working with sinister governmental organisations (10)
Heading off, escapes the worst bits (4)
Introduce Soup’s 20th option (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of I’M (‘Soup’s’) plus PLAN T (if Plan B is the second option …).
Caught by gamekeepers, I stop, then carry on (7)
Down
Sort out singer Rita’s overhead speakers (7)
Gran, as always, somewhat nosy (5)
Lacking art, put up brown painting covering opening (7)
Looking for business after starting trip (6)
I ran around, chasing 16’s follower – she won’t like the noise (9)
Getting older, the Taskmaster suppresses element of negativity (7)
Academic role for further education: primarily study skills, or researching species hybrids in plants (13)
Brave lad struggling over one part of speech (9)
Split up – be withdrawn, miserable, displaying faithfulness (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘split up’) of ‘misera[b]l[e]’ minus the letters BE (‘be withdrawn’). The definition applies particularly to works of art.
Scientists’ upright support on base for retort (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of RI (Royal Institution of Great Britain, a society for the promotion of science; ‘scientists’, on the lines of using RA for artist) plus POST (‘upright support’) plus E (mathematical ‘base’ for Naperian logarithms).
They cut, save and, in a limited fashion, speculate with rupees and shillings (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of BAR (‘save’, excepring) plus BE (‘in a limited fashion, speculate’? How we get there from here I do not know) plus R (‘rupees’) plus S (‘shillings’).
He wrote of Eden, moonlit – destroying love with devilry (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘with devilry’) of ‘m[o]onlit’ minus one O (‘destroying love’). A reference to John Milton’s Paradise Lost .
Looking up regulations in Kent and Surrey, or another 22 such? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘looking up’ in a down light) of SE LAW (‘regulations in Kent and Surrey’ – the South East). There are 22 principal areas (counties, loosely; divisions for local government) in Wales.
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