Across
Smart dish in toast that’s cut (7)
Girl with plait, going right and left, plaited – this? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of GIRL PLAIT less R and L
12a
Bullies easy to defeat, we hear, in British sporting event (5,4)
Great player in contest hosted by city of the Balkans (5,4)
As infant’s movement odorous initially, full nappies emptied, or a potty (2,3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (potty) of O FULL N[appie]S OR A
See 9
See 17 Down
Rousing stuff, I left amid applause at the end of the evening? (3,8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I L[eft] in SALVO (round of applause) LATE. Sal volatile is a compound used in smelling salts
Motion passed in middle of 24-hour period? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
The middle of saTURDay
Feller taking lift on saddle (10)
Find a bridge beside stream (3,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RUN (stream) + A CROSS (to bridge)
Leader in terrifying prat (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[T]errifying + RUMP (buttocks, prat), and the whole clue is an apt definition
Get rid of tips in cafe when tips collected (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LEANS (tips) in C[af]E
Support reverend, or several nurses (7)
Down
Little time upon hill in region (6)
Two-foot fruit? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Two PAWs
Fantastic tales concerned with river in South African city (4,6)
Speed with which workforce set up? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reverse of OP (work) + MET (the Metropolitan Police force)
Italian singer hearing one note in three, famously? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Pavarotti was, homophonically, one of the Three Tenners (£10 notes)
Rose garden we regularly cleared away (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Alternate letters of GaRdEn We
Ordering a beer – and being judged? (2,3,3)
Bird with a long extendable neck? Or tucked in (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OR in LIKE ET (with a long extendable neck, as the alien in Spielberg’s film had)
Complete gent I suspect highly thought-of (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(GENT I)* + RATED
Gritty, I’ve beaten you, nanna! (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
As a grandchild might say: GRAN, U LOSE!
Puzzling score, tie fixed? (8)
14a
Tender scene where the Ponte Vecchio would take a battering after dark? (8,11)
Might this car’s engine be purring? (6)
Funny jokes about capital in particular – one of those? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
P[articular] in JOKES* – Skopje is the capital of the country now known as North Macedonia
Hammer beats tack (5)
Sign you can’t trust Paul! (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Paul says you can’t trust him because “I CON”
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