Across
Behold millions leaving fracas and moving (10)
Is half of Tolstoy’s work distortion? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WARP forms 4 of 8 [half of the letters in the key words] of the title of Tolstoy’s novel WAR and P EACE. Surely though, the title is the full WAR AND P EACE of which WARP forms 4/11 of the letters
Mug holding seconds - it risks getting bust (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TWIT (idiot; mug) containing (holding) S (seconds)
Up is where bats may be found in the end (9)
Sits on the fence - tar leaves a mark (8)
Ramble stokes internet pest (6)
How Joe functions in a doodah (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GI’S (reference GI Joe [American soldier]) + MO (modus operandi; way of working) – so all together we have ‘How Joe functions’ [works]
Poirot’s one act that keeps detectives in two minds (9)
County go astray heading west delayed for match (9)
Soldiers beginning to march amid poles and standards (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( OR [other ranks; soldiers] + M [ first letter of {beginning to} M ARCH) contained in (amid) ( N [North {pole} + S [South {pole}] giving poles)
Advances turned an old city around (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( SPUN [turned] + UR [ancient city in Mesopotamia]) all reversed (around)
Unsuitable shoe for rambling climb on walk too much on way back (8)
Maybe Melvyn with e.g. music and drama loudmouths (9)
The latest government u-turns on university education primarily (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GOV (government) reversed (U-turns) + UE ( first letters [primarily] of each of U NIVERSITY and E DUCATION)
Item cast into spell (4)
Rubbings out including black mark over in window recesses (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ERASURES (rubbings out) containing (including) ( B [black when referring to pencil lead] + M (Mark [Deutschmark]) reversed (over)
Down
Teach girl to dance like a zombie (9)
Pinches cold food that might be spare? (5)
Crosophile initially took (consumed) an ace drug (9)
Court case about loaded gun and a rule involving three parties (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( TRIAL [court case] containing [about] an anagram of [loaded, in the sense of drunken] GUN ) + A + R (rule)
Former head not the front-runner (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
B ONCE (slang term for the head) excluding (not) the first letter (front-runner) B
A fly-by-night scam deviously based around rand (9)
Boy kept inside brought up a soft one perhaps? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( LAD [boy] + EP [ central letters of {inside} K EP T]) all reversed (brought up; down entry)
Immediately after Exodus in bible books (4)
He might make circular plug trailer or fancy driver seat (10)
Forceful ballad about traveller on vacation and a vacant room (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( SONG [balled] containing [about] TR [ letters remaining in T RAVELLE R when the central letters RAVELLE are removed [on vacation]) + A + RM ( letters remaining in R OO M when the central letters OO are removed [vacant])
Groups of cardinals: 100 close to 150 a 5 8 and 6 for starters (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C (Roman numeral for 100) + ON (close to) + CL (Roman numeral for 150) + A + V (Roman numeral for 5) + ES ( first letters [for starters] of each of E IGHT and S IX)
Finds record sleeves Charlie missed once (9)
Marvin for instance born in foundation (5)
The Republicans are up only at first to move up and down but go nowhere (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GOP (Grand Old Party; the Republican political party in America) reversed (are up; down entry) + O ( initial letter of [at first] O NLY)
It’s tense on mountain below summit - this animal is dangerous (5)
Caught by farm animal in crush (4)
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