Across
Alexander Selkirk thrown out? (8)
See 24 Across
More than one saw Old Testament book (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition. The plural of “saw” as a noun = a proverb; or the book containing advice from Solomon and others in the Old Testament.
Gothic writer beginning to socialise with pothead (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (beginning) of S [ocialise] + TOKER (someone who takes drugs = pothead). Bram Stoker, writer of Dracula .
Back-slapping ale-swillers crossing a delta and lake (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CAMRA (abbreviation for the Campaign for Real Ale = ale-swillers) containing (crossing) A , then D (Delta in the radio alphabet) + ERIE (one of the Great Lakes in North America).
Greek aims revealed in Haute-Loire (5)
Instrument to cut branches? Sharpen axes first (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LOP (to cut tree branches) + HONE (sharpen), with X + Y (axes for mathematical coordinates) first).
Female doctor in boat giving prescription for Verity? (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RUTH (woman’s name = female) + DR (abbreviation for doctor), in TUG (tugboat).
Instant food appearing on time (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RICE (a foodstuff) added to T (abbreviation for time). As in “in a trice” = in an instant = very quickly.
Enjoy good nosh — I'm done with sugar in the cooking (11)
5a
(and 5 Across) His returning minister jams back wheel (6,6)
Plant in gale thrown about (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (thrown) of IN GALE , then CA (ca = abbreviation for Latin circa = about = approximately). Genus of flowering herbs.
On beach almost everyone wearing this? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AL [l] (everyone) without the last letter (almost), added to SAND (beach). Extended definition: an open summer shoe that may be worn on the beach.
Cold weather necessity, sleeveless, for political prisoner (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[w] INTER NEE [d] (a necessity in the cold part of the year), without the outer letters (sleeveless).
Down
To enable's better with a quote involving thanks (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CAP (as a verb = better = do better than) + A + CITE (quote), including (involving) TA (informal expression for “thanks”). A verb more often used in its negative form “incapacitate” = to disable.
Old Scrotum, wrinkled and indeed saturated retainer? (5,5)
American brought to attention heard commander (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AM (abbreviation for American, as in N Am for North American) + homophone (heard) of EAR (attention). Also spelled amir or emir: a Muslim ruler or military commander.
Stadium boxer beaten having no first-hand experience? (12)
In an awkward predicament — that's sort of fine (2,3,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition. Put in an awkward position, especially of having to say or do something without preparation; or a fine for a minor offence that can be imposed immediately without a court hearing.
Unwell having refused starter — unpleasantly sweet? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[d] ICKY (as in a dicky tummy = unwell) without its starting letter.
Clotted blood in neck swelling — it should be removed (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GO [it] RE (swelling caused by enlargement of the thyroid gland in the neck) with the letters IT removed.
For introduction sign on with professional cricket side (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OMEN (a sign) + ON , after PRO (abbreviation for professional) + LEG (one side of the wicket in cricket). An introductory discussion to a longer text. (From the Greek for “something said beforehand”.)
Implication millions missing — bad for Hunt? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (bad) of I [m] PLICATION without the M (abbreviation for millions). Definition by example, referring to the Conservative politician Jeremy Hunt, with an extended definition: as Chancellor of the Exchequer, he really wouldn’t want to find millions missing from his budget.
One breaking promise backed by goddess to revivify (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RENEGER (someone breaking a promise) reversed (backed), then ATE (Greek goddess of delusion and ruin).
One Greek character endlessly sociable Mycenaean princess (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I (one in Roman numerals) + PHI (the Greek letter corresponding to PH) + GENIA [l] (sociable) without its last letter (endlessly). Princess in Greek mythology.
Inheritance finally claimed by particular relative (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Final letter of [inheritanc] E contained in (claimed by) NICE (particular = paying attention to detail).
River's current seen before ship rounds island (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I (scientific symbol for electrical current), before SS (abbreviation for steamship) around I (abbreviation for island). Alternative name for the River Thames, especially where it flows through Oxford.
International Tory symbol (4)
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