Across
Small work by American in MoMA fenced off (12)
Dirty EastEnder headbutts in return getting floored (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DEN (as in Dirty Den on Eastenders) NUTS (headbutts) all reversed or ‘in return’
Sadly none live to collect paintball's ultimate honour (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘sadly’) of NONE + BE (live) around or ‘collecting’ L (last or ‘ultimate’ letter in paintball)
If you believe account my racket got smashed (11)
Young lady heads for gents avoiding lines (3)
Drag bed from unsightly spot over by lake (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WART (unsightly spot) reversed or ‘over’ by L (lake)
Power feeding alarm warning light went off quickly (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
P (power) inside or ‘feeding’ SCARE (alarm) RED (warning light)
Philosopher with unusually deep pockets I bug (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MILL (John Stuart Mill – Philosopher) + an anagram (‘unusually’) of DEEP round or ‘pocketing’ I. Joyce spent too long wondering whether there was a philosopher called Cent.
Indian beggar had us at sixes and sevens (5)
Alternative way out of tunnel (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SUB way (tunnel) missing or ‘out of’ ‘way’
Riders in Hackney tend to cycle for approval (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
‘ORSEMEN (‘riders’ missing the ‘h’, as it might be said in Hackney) TEND ‘cycling’ – the last three letters moving to the front. Many people drop their aitches in spoken English, not just those in London – but some studies have shown that 58% of old speakers in Hackney do.
Letter P among terrible tiles at end of Scrabble (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
P inside or ‘among’ an anagram (‘terrible’) of TILES and E (last letter or ‘end’ of Scrabble)
Learner behind Beetle with Danish parts (7)
Tree expert died meaning to eat last Rolo (12)
Down
Professional running service at a loss? (15)
Primate kept up by weird nightmare (5)
Swamp English boy cutting grass at the side of the road (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (English) + LAD (boy) inside or ‘cutting’ VERGE (grass at the side of the road)
NCO positive soldiers sit around without good reason (15)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NON COM (NCO) POS (positive) MEN (soldiers) and a reversal (‘around’) of SIT
Crime boss from Britain taken up in Putin's jet (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BR (Britain) reversed or ‘up’ inside MIG (Russian aircraft – ‘Putin’s jet’)
Liberal bores want journalist bugged (7)
Famous lion tamer's head at an angle (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ASLAN (famous lion in the Chronicles of Narnia series) and T (first letter or ‘head’ of tamer)
Patronise all the locals turning up to fight outside clubs (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘turned’) of UP + BRAWL (fight) outside C (clubs)
Veronica's son was good on the potty? (9)
Turn say northwards below clear path on hill (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘northwards’) of YAW (turn) EG (say) after (‘below’ in a down clue) RID (clear)
Bad behaviour did seem wrong (7)
Messy university cleared out pens books and papers (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
U niversit Y (first and last letters only or ‘cleared out’) around or ‘penning’ NT (New Testament – ‘books’) ID (papers)
Young Scot from Rhode Island brought up during Prohibition (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘brought up’) of RI (Rhode Island) in or ‘during’ BAN (prohibition)
Engineers take steps to put in new arrangement (5)
Type letters or click words in the clue
