Across
Container housing a paper garment (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Insertion of A (from the clue) + FT (paper – Financial Times) into CAN (container)
Has she exploded, having swallowed explosive drug? (8)
19d
One beating old age – ran twice! (6,6)
Plant physics unit in e.g. Dorset (8)
Useful home device when a person is out (11)
Repeating liturgy, first to last, with a part of the Bible (7)
As orderly patients may be dealt with, said US medical student (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
soundalike of “in turn” (how orderly patients may be dealt with) This spelling is in Chambers in brackets under the better known INTERN as “also N.Am”
Behave frivolously, ditching what could be hard and onerous (5,6)
The fellow surprisingly genial as a philosopher (8)
Brazilian dance seeing off a Greek character (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
deletion of A (seeing off A) from LAMBADA (the Brazilian dance)
Skilful mum unsmilingly disposing of last of children (8)
Some rock in church service, followed by a poem (6)
Down
Fellow hugging the Parisian tree (6)
Mineral from Spanish region found in mine, bottom of mine (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
insertion of ARAGON (Spanish region) found in PIT (mine) + E (bottom of minE) for this mineral – another new word but fairly clued.
Goods trendy chaps dumped in street (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
insertion of HIP (trendy) MEN (chaps) in ST (street)
Column has one Scottish flower put up in club maybe (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Insertion of I TAY (one Scottish flower – the Tay is a Scottish river) < (put up – reversed in a down clue) in CARD (club maybe)
Ruined female occupying one outbuilding (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
charade of F (female) IN (occupying) I (one) SHED (outbuilding)
Irishman taking a very long time to cross island (4)
See 16
Model wasting time with friend acting as old man (10)
Ancient weapon with which a Scottish detective protects Queen (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
insertion of QU (queen) in A (from the clue) REBUS (Scottish detective – series from Ian Rankin) for what was an early gun , apparently, another jorum for me.
Star about to confront theologian, fighting fellow (3,5)
8d
Sick, beset by pains, the chap with little energy left showing fatal weakness (8,4)
See 9 Across
One companion and another having hesitation (4)
English and American soldiers providing protection in Washington (4)
Type letters or click words in the clue