Across
Clip from rubbish trailer? (7)
From six rambling claims, overturned basis for socialist ideology (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MARXISM ( reversed [overturned] hidden word in [claims] FRO M SIX RAM BLING)
Huge soldiers (5)
One initiating attack runs in, dagger unsheathed, two seconds before other ranks (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( R [runs] contained in [in] AGGE [letters remaining in D AGGE R when the outer letters D and R are removed [unsheathed]) + ( S [second] + S [second], giving seconds) + OR (other ranks)
Lily Allen discovered US fried bananas (5-2-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of (bananas) LLE ( letters remaining in A LLE N when the outer letters A and N are removed [dis-covered]) and US FRIED
Sample of maternal genetic material (1,1,1)
Be just about OK drug-smuggling on Uzbekistan’s borders - amazing! (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UNBELIEVABLE (amazing)
What one hopes to earn from chocolate cake tip? (7,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BROWNIE (chocolate cake) + POINT (tip)
Make a catch in cricket practice (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NET (‘have a net’ is a cricketing phrase that means practicing in a net) double definition
European fashion designer returns to fetch skirts with vintage stitching (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BRING (fetch) containing (skirts) ( E [European] + DIOR [reference Christian DIOR [1905-1957], French fashion designer) reversed (returns)
Cramped housing area with bad illumination at the back end of Lincoln? (4,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TIGHT (cramped) containing (housing) ( A [area] + ILL [bad])
Big American tennis star is not ever ranked in leading positions (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IS + NER ( initial letters of [in leading positions] N OT, E VER and R ANKED)
23d
(and 23 Down, 4 Down) A person I have forgotten sadly is close to death (3,4,2,3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ONE FOOT [IN THE GRAVE]
Producer of 2 metre long English pants? (3,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of (pants) METRE L (long) and E (English)
Down
Impolitely go away with frequency following promotion (3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BOGOF (Buy One Get One Free – supermarket promotion) + F (frequency)
Earl Grey possibly sets out permissions (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LEAVES (goes; set out)
Heartless end for one in pressing for removal of the King (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DE A TH (end) excluding the central letter (heartless) A , replacing (for) the I (Roman numeral for one) in I RONING (pressing,) to form DETH RONING
See 27 Across
Noble Italian sprayed foam icing (9)
Bank's free cycling (4)
Mark is entertained by Pontins crib evening (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
INSCRIBE ( hidden word in [entertained by] PONT INS CRIB E VENING )
Thatcher, for instance, lifted very heavy weight (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TERAGRAM (a weight equivalent to 10 12 grams; very heavy weight) reversed (lifted; down entry)
Is money chasing investor propping up Tesla, perhaps spreading good news? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EV (Electric Vehicle, a Tesla is an EV ) + ANGEL (financial backer or investor, especially one who finances theatrical ventures) + IS + M (money, when referenced in M0, M1 etc [economic and monetary indices) – this being a down entry, the letters ANGELISM are propping up the letters EV
Setter picked up vivid plant (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EYE ( sounds like [picked up] I [the setter]) + BRIGHT (vivid)
Are small book stores in on it from the beginning? (2,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( A [are, a unit of area) + BIO ( abbreviation for [small] BIO graphy [a genre of books]) containing (stores) ( IN + IT )
Reptile found in wrong river in France (8)
Victor Meldrew finally put in the ground after heart transplant (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
W ( last letter of [finally] MELDRE W + IN T ER (bury; put in the ground) with the central letter T replaced by N [heart transplant) to form IN N ER
Old marketplaces in lagoon's prime locations are chaotic (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A , G and O ( letters in positions 2, 3 and 5 [the first three prime numbers] of L AG O O N) + an a nagram of (chaotic) ARE
See 27 Across
Voice note exposed the French revolutionary (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ALTO (counter-tenor voice)
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