Across
1000100010000 number this ordinary? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Over to you
Where short lawyers are getting hotel drinks? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Whimsically, short lawyers might be in a mini bar
Underwear 12.5% off – no good hanging around (9)
Talk about Romeo initially smoking pot (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GAS (talk) round R (Romeo) + S[moking]
Doing a somersault during embassy ball is void (5)
Passed public knowledge involving answer (9)
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OVERT (public) + KEN (knowledge) round A (answer)
Team wins penalty to begin with, Rovers gutted by rests (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SIDE (team) round P[enalty] + R[over]S – a spider is a type of rest used in snooker
Escort criminal to district (6)
Sharp one enters currents circling island (6)
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I (one) in AC DC (currents) with the insertion of I (island)
Plots with strange dangers (7)
Energy moving wheels on to another place (9)
Financial backer’s article on returns (5)
Dexterity keeping service in court (5)
Model Cindy eats in group (9)
Old city in China 500 developed (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UR (old city) in MATE (china – Cockney rhyming slang) + D (500)
I leave pool outside? No, it’s difficult (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
K[i]TTY (pool minus i) round NO – I think there may be quibbles about the cryptic grammar here: a common way for setters to get round this is to say ‘I must leave’
Down
Holding areas, holding area and royal vaults (7)
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CELLS (holding areas) round A (area) and R (royal)
M-mark? (5)
Squander 2 or 6 balls to dispatch, including roof of pavilion (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OVER (six balls) + SEND (to dispatch) round P[avilion]
Mother’s picking up £10,000 drawers? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MAS (mother’s) round G NET (£10,000?); please see comment 8 – thanks to Steve
Dark, hard spirit – about time (5)
British want zero sterling hidden by ambassador where things disappear without trace (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
B (British) + LACK (want) + HE (His/Her Excellency – ambassador) round O (zero) + L (pound sterling)
Take exception to unwrapped Christmas gifts (6)
They’ve lost partners to nameless operating system (6)
Non-stop tennis, as played around #1 court (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (played) of TENNIS AS round C (court)
In land of automobile fanatics, one’s found in bed (9)
Gripping end to poker: stopped and folded (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C[r]EASED (stopped) round [poke]r
New York notes some of your five-a-day (6)
Lithium’s turning so grey (7)
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A reversal (turning) of LI’S (strictly Li’s – lithium’s) + VERY (so)
What’s taking digital images, wide, became mostly blurred (6)
Drink whiskey next, topless (5)
In Italy, John finally beat heavyweight (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GIAN (short for Giovanni, Italian John) + [bea]T
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