Across
Strike top and bottom (8)
Bouquet in Rome, as they say there (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“In Rome” is “a Roma” in Italian
Gathering for a drink by the sound of it (4)
$500 loan girl’s arranged (6,4)
New edition of Proust causing bewilderment (6)
So-called Philistine (another name of mine) likes a little smut? Cut minister, cut! (8)
Radical start of divisive racist movement (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D[ivisive] + RACIST*
Weapon kept by those people (3,4)
Personal hint (8)
In bed, agreed to be most reserved (6)
Standard message returned to nearest vacant house (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PAR (standard) + reverse of EMAIL + N[eares]T
Ask cop why not get naked in this part of London (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
We need to strip, or remove the outer letters of, aSk cOp wHy nOt
Mope having prepared tea, say? (5)
I got rid of vehicle first and disappeared (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
VAN + I SHED
Down
Traitor getting fed up with East End bully (8)
Going through vapid lyrics without enthusiasm (4)
Rising repercussion of crime (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reverse of RE + DRUM
It’s about a leaning in characters, primarily (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A + first letters of Leaning In Characters in IT’S, and another &lit
Tarzan? He abandoned noted childhood home (8)
Disadvantages seen with crime plot (10)
Group of flyers finding something funny with broken leg (6)
Horse rider and bike rider’s location: touring the East of Germany (10)
Upset as an agricultural worker may be (2,1,5)
Trouble for spy boss? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MI’S CHIEF: where MI = Military Intelligence, usually followed by 5 or 6
Booklet and what follows (7)
Mounting desire to steal underwear in this neighbourhood (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BRA in YEN, reversed
Alluding to glimpse when caught (6)
Therefore very mediocre (2-2)
Type letters or click words in the clue