Across
This fighter set out to damage legislature (8)
Split personalities then repair boat? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SELVES(personalities/the qualities that make people unique individually) divided into 2 halves ( Split ) and rejoined with the second half first ( then repair ). Defn: An example of which/? is a ….
Right to back vote for a woman (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Extreme right letter of ( Right to ) “ back ” + AYE(a yes vote). Does “right” indicate “extreme right”? Defn: Name for a woman.
More than one competent fighter strips outside town (5,5)
Entity issuing fire, like working TV? (6)
Italian writer admitted time was not kind to those hearing this case (3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ECO(Umberto, the Italian writer) contained in ( admitted ) [ T(abbrev. for “time”) + HURT(was not kind to/caused pain to) ]. Another where the wordplay looks jumbled?
Sort of mechanical man’s knocked out of cup (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( Sort of ) [ “ mechanical ” minus ( …’s knocked out of ) “ man ” ].
Writer emphatically does not like the teeth of some animals (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ I SO DON’T ](what the writer, using the first person pronoun self-referentially, might say to emphasise that he/she does not, say, want to do). Answer: Describing some animals’ teeth which are of the same size and shape.
Armstrong, say – or GNORTSMRA? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal of (as “ GNORTSMRA ” is of “ Armstrong ”) [NAME in CAPS](an example of/say what “Armstrong” is written in capital letters like “GNORTSMRA”). Answer: Neil, the first person to walk on the moon.
It houses royal secretary who’s paid to assist doctor … (6)
… the King was in this depressed state (4,6)
A selection of Turkish tobacco rolling one way and the other (4)
Quietly great player acquires instrument for a pound? (6)
Is it Lynam and O’Connor circling one officer sees? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DESES(plural of the first name of Des Lynam, sports commentator and Des O’Connor, singer and TV presenter) containing ( circling ) [ I(Roman numeral for “one”) + CO(abbrev. for “commanding officer”) ]. Defn: …/seats of authority of bishops or archbishops.
Down
Gulf City, Japanese mount, securing Ascot’s first cheer (8)
Read cons will be waiving right (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“construe”(to interpret/to read) minus ( … will be waiving ) “ cons ”. Another jumbled wordplay?
Wine-carrier fine muddling along (6)
The authority with which one rules one’s robes a joke (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MY(the first person possessive pronoun for one/oneself) containing ( robes ) [ A + JEST(a joke) ].
It’s payback time for us English, landing in States (8)
A rising couturier Nick dresses like a star (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A + [ DIOR(Christian, French couturier) contained in ( … dresses ) STEAL(to nick) ]. Defn: Something shaped ….
Employee of 14 bar counsel at first oddly rejects (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
1st letter of ( … at first ) “ counsel ” deleted from ( bar … ) anagram of ( oddly ) “ rejects ”. Another clue with what looks like jumbled wordplay? Defn: Employee of the court(answer to 14 across), the royal courts of old, that is.
Good Catholic is still looking after aging birds (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
G(abbrev. for “good”) [ C(abbrev. for “Catholic”) + RESTS(is still/lies without movement) placed after ( looking after ) OLD(aging/elderly) ].
After correspondence, friend departs to the far south (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
COMPADRE(a friend/companion) with “d”(abbrev. for “departs”) moved down (to the far south, in a down clue).
Refinement links to the French Riviera? (8)
Broadcast grenade warning on the piste (2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( Broadcast ) GRENADE . Defn: In a fencing bout, which sport is conducted on a piste/a marked rectangular area, a call to a fencer to adopt a defensive position in readiness for an attack.
Rising marksman recording shot (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal of ( Rising , in a down clue) [ TELL(William, the legendary Swiss crossbowman/marksman) + EP(abbrev. for “extended play”, a format for a music recording) ]. Answer: A small bullet.
Corrupt chamber appears to be working (6)
Beer in a fancy wine bar’s neglected (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“ in a ” deleted from ( …’s neglected ) anagram of ( fancy ) “ wine bar ”. Another one where the wordplay seems jumbled?
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