Across
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Autocracy with real subversion? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
"real subversion" is split as: 'real sub // version' anagram/"version" of (real sub)*
21d
Give-and-take retailer was ruined, old man keeping quiet (4,4)
Obstacle in hollow filled with French earth (9)
15a
Stern, say, man with strap-on locks (5,4)
Old, awful wine, not half! (3,2,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O (Old) plus anagram/"awful" of (wine not)*
See 12
1d
Olive briefly sheltering black bird (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GREE-[n]="Olive" briefly, around B (black)
6d
Wait, old leader’s back’s gone! (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BIDE-[n]=former US president="old leader" with the back/final letter gone
Where something latched onto about programme leaves producer? (3,5)
Cast done talking? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: past tense of cast as a verb meaning to throw sounds like (when "talking"): 'through'="done" as in e.g. 'I'm done with you' / 'I'm through with you'
Bunfight that’s sickening ends it a fitting way? (6,3)
Grant for example cut, according to dictator? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition refers to Hugh Grant the actor sounds like (when dictated / "according to dictator"): 'hew'="cut"
As cream may be, grainy? (7)
Percentage of litre, a clear, sweet liquid (7)
Down
See 16
Copper ring in standard tap (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PC (Police Constable, "Copper") + O=letter in shape of a "ring"; both in STOCK as an adjective="standard"
Antelope raising twin goats (3-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
upward reversal ("raising") of KID KID (twin i.e. two of the same word for 'goat')
Cheeky thing south of London in song on the radio? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition refers to cheeks as in buttocks if DERRIERE is added after (south of) 'London', then the combination sounds like (on the radio): 'Londonderry Air', the name of a song
7a
With article breaking, bear in mind it could be – ours? (4,2,7)
See 17
Possible couch potato internalising variety of woes (3-6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TATER="potato" around anagram/"variety" of (woes)*
See 19
See 23
Some FO-OTBALL result? (8,4)
Emperor’s new clothes, third stuffed into brown case (8,4)
12d
Flag in Spain gone with TV broadcast (6,5)
Vulgar, a word that’s void in essay (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A (from surface) + W-[or]-D void of its inner letters; both inside TRY="essay"
See 9 Across
14d
Might her inattentive husband be, reportedly, playing around? (4,5)
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