Across
Bowler, say, after wicket in present appeal (4,4)
Time has passed say detaining new recruit (6)
Train left, second half of train first (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of S (‘second’) plus ‘half of’ CHOO[-choo] (‘train’) plus L (‘left’).
See 22
Wash, as will washing machine, for example (4,5)
See 18
Exaggerated echoing in flow of universe – superficial design (6)
Settlement describing two dots? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A whimsical formation COLON-Y, with : as the ‘two dots’.
13a
Bowl cleaner line into Brit and he’s out after a review (6,5)
Extremes of thoughtlessness in builder? Come on! (4,2)
Ally with entourage stripped back (5)
10a
Internal problem – reference having that complaint? (9,8)
Tortilla cooked beside the water (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘cooked’) of ‘tortilla’.
Infuriating type, retailer of clockwork mechanisms? (4-2,8)
Blank page released from grip, one that’s tight (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘that’s tight’) of ‘gri[p] one’ minus the P (‘page released’).
Down
Light-skinned monster (3)
Steel, silver, silicon or scandium, say? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S-WORD ( S ilver, S ilicon or S candium, say’).
Six eggs I eye, loosely speaking, would be twice that? (4,1,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
‘Eggs I eye’ sounds somewhat like (‘loosely speaking’) XII (Roman numeral, 12).
Trains including first from Hillingdon that runs through London (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘including’) of H (‘first from H illingdon’) in TAMES (‘trains’).
Fair seductress disrobed (4)
Huge trapper or trappee detailed? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of GIN (‘trapper’ – trap) plus ‘or’ plus MOUS[e] (‘trappee’) minus its last letter (‘detailed’).
Gloomy street crossing near particular football club (7,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of GRIM (‘gloomy’); plus SBYT, an envelope (‘crossing’) of BY (‘near’) in ST (‘street’); plus OWN (‘particular’). GRIMSBY TOWN FC is not exactly Premier League; its major success seems to have been to reach the FA Cup semifinals twice (in the 1930s; actually, they have had more recent achievements)
Sovereign to be paid (11)
Five torpedoes where room built for blade-on-blade machine (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘torpedoes’) of V (Roman numeral, ‘five’) in HOERMOWER, an anagram (‘built’) of ‘where room’, with a cryptic definition in which the first ‘blade’ is a cutter, and the second, grass.
Every man on board has to try with all at sea (6-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘all at sea’) of ‘to try with’; the ‘board’ in the definition being a chess board.
Trial where runner climbs towards peak in Peru (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of P (‘peak n P eru’) plus RELIM, a reversal (‘climbs’ in a down light) of MILER (‘runner’), with ‘towards’ suggesting the order of the particles.
See 24
23d
Article in Spanish university in another language that supposedly doesn’t exist! (4,5)
In audition, make pot (3)
Type letters or click words in the clue