Across
Staying at school and getting on (8)
Sound from horse in pound (6)
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I’m drunk, ruining winter coat (5,5)
Item left in car (6)
Vain, going round in socks? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Definition (‘vain’ in the sense of pointless) and literal interpretation.
Lethal agent ruins nice day (7)
Offer support, but fail to intervene (5,2)
Hang on – that is what my wife wears (8)
This is why I say your views are unacceptable (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of HERE’S (‘this is’) plus Y (‘why I say’ – sound alike) with an extended definition.
Vegetable cooking, no wine (10)
24d
Lifting this aboard requires muscle from the start and amazing stamina (8)
US state 75% the size of another (6)
These people welcome girl back in region of Greece (8)
Down
Game is my sole possession (8)
10a
Veto suggested for one avoiding whipping (4,4)
Smallest digit? I beg to differ (3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘differ’) of ‘I beg to’ – which is, of course, also required to make sense of the definition.
Quickly produce stunning victory in cup match (8)
Deceptive reliance on the second Queen Mary, say (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘deceptive’) of ‘reliance on’.
Society regularises rugby code (6)
Accepted as authority and passed (4,2)
One extravagantly praising various grain types (10)
Clean room no benefit for one out all winter (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of DORM (‘clean room’ – perhaps ‘clean’ is there because a dorm is used by many people, which makes for pressure to keep it tidy) plus O (zero, ‘no’) plus USE (‘benefit’).
Receptacle for cash in low-class prison (8)
Vulcan a fool? Be serious! (4,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of ME A NIT (‘Vulcan a fool?’).
Receptive when it’s scorching (2,4)
Boisterous youngster’s Orkney retreat? (6)
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