Across
Cast aside - is not happy on the surface (6)
Lazy start - sweethearts turn over and don't get up (5,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
We think this must be: L (first letter or ‘start’ of lazy) E (the middle letter or ‘heart’ of ‘sweet’) E (repeated as ‘sweethearts’ is plural) with SPIN (turn) outside or ‘over’ – we’re not convinced by the wordplay for repeating the ‘e’ though but maybe we are reading it wrongly.
They're blown away by bubbly person Helen used regularly (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A (away) + an anagram (‘bubbly’) of PERSON and H L N (alternate or ‘regular’ letters of Helen)
Queen of Jordan once reflecting on men (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ON reversed or ‘reflecting’ + OR (other ranks – ‘men’). We had to check this Queen – apparently an American-born lady who was Queen of Jordan from 1978 until the death of King Hussain in 1999.
Right way to enter - take note (6)
Win heart cavorting naked? (2,3,3)
Intelligence attracts me, Alexa - opus is fantastic (11)
Catch fish after net's torn (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ANGLE (fish) after an anagram (‘torn’) of NET
That is poor, rounding on Brydon's latest impressions (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I E (that is) + ILL (poor) reversed or ’rounded’ after or ‘on’ N (last or ‘latest’ letter of Brydon) – we would never have heard of niello/nielli if it had not appeared so often in crosswords
Most of celebrity magazine's awful (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HELL o (celebrity magazine) without the last letter or ‘most of’
"Compile? It's easy!" (He's looking for an argument) (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘easy’) of COMPILE ITS
Old power in America is surprisingly regressive (7)
Runs in, sees displays (6)
Down
Beef with teacher - access to computer not good (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SIR (teacher) LO g -IN (access to computer) without the ‘g’ (good)
Grand - United lost! (4)
Fancy quietly going home at end of evening? Lovely! (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
p ENCHANT (fancy) with the ‘p’ (quietly) omitted or ‘going’ + IN (home) G (last letter or ‘end’ of evening)
Extra studies hold up government-appointed 'expert' (4)
I agree with cutting trees (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
YES (I agree) round or ‘cut by’ W (with)
Name poses problem at Chinese border - might this enable access? (4,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘problem’) of NAME POSES + E (last letter or ‘border’ of Chinese)
Roman occasionally loud, unfortunately, but rarely wicked (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘unfortunately’) of ROMAN and L U (alternate or ‘occasional’ letters of loud)
Duck for us - maintaining standard in restaurant (3,7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TEAL (duck) OUR (for us) round or ‘maintaining’ PAR (standard)
Problem children (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition
Linnaeus maybe wrong in principle - nothing to prevent one seeing clearly (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
X (wrong, as in marking students’ work) in TAO (principle) + NO MIST (‘nothing to prevent one seeing clearly’). Carl Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist as well as the taxonomist who formalised the modern system of naming organisms.
Nice one! Actor Martin ultimately perfect for Shaggy (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UN (‘one’ in French, as in Nice) KEMP (Martin Kemp, the actor) T (last or ‘ultimate’ letter in perfect)
Secret place Oscar's approaching (5,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CLOSET (secret place) O (Oscar – in the phonetic alphabet)
One's spent after exercise like this (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PE (exercise) with SO (like this) after
See nothing overcoming intelligence (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LO (see) + a reversal (‘overcoming’) of FA (nothing)
Cabbage and pastry? That's not unknown (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CHOU x (pastry) without the ‘x’ (unknown)
Type letters or click words in the clue