Across
Second fantastically safe and natural feature of California (3,7,5)
Scrape some cedar bark back (6)
I speak badly of Robinson Crusoe, for example (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I SLANDER (speak badly of)
Mum’s heading inside to make a meal (5,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
M[um] in CREATE (make) + A
Popular surfing location in those days ultimately became old-hat (3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
THEN (in those days) + [becam]E [old-ha]T
Untidy spot packed with rubbish (7)
Extraordinarily storied journos (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (extraordinarily) of STORIED
Support crews somewhere in the West Midlands (6)
Intricate pattern covering tip of sunbittern’s wing (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (intricate) of PATTERN round S[unbittern] – clever wordplay: just look at the intricate pattern on the wings of this bird – a new one for me
Dude taking ecstasy with cheap beer? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HOMBRE (dude) round E (ecstasy) + W (with)
Private place to find patients? (6)
Avoided dealing with horribly crude TV magician (15)
Down
Unsophisticated port found in pub and clubs (8)
Weapon stored in rack at an armoury (6)
Commercial opening some time in December (6)
Southern British artist, completely, endlessly influential (7)
Remote institute scheduled to receive nothing (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I (Institute) + SLATED (scheduled) round O (nothing)
Nice, redeveloped street around the outskirts of Ashington is Northumberland’s best (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (redeveloped) of NICE ST round A[shingto]N – more clever wordplay: Ashington is a town in Northumberland, where ‘canny’ is dialect for good / nice: the placing of the capitalised Nice was a momentary misdirection, which raised a smile
Rip off winter clothing (6)
Fancy loafers featuring stitching in the middle or outside (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (fancy) of LOAFERS + the middle letter of stit C hing
Cut of meat, done right, starts to absorb marinade immediately (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PAST (done) + R (right) + A[bsorb] M[arinade] I[mmediately]
Witty banter about standard hold-up for a driver? (8)
Small cloth soaked in water put over cooking pot (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S (small) + a reversal (put over) of NAP (cloth) + WET (soaked in water)
Heard ‘please, eat!’ in Lancashire – and ate! (4,2)
In reality, Italian wine’s full of iodine (2,2,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ASTI’S (Italian wine is) round I (iodine)
Very wide bowler? Yeah, and … ?! (2,4)
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