Across
Engineer denigrates me to generate debate (12)
Former protectorate in Germany as Alan Davies describes (9)
Greatly affect writer in university department (5)
Home rule beginning to suck for those on partner's side (6)
Mess is eating place serving meat loaf (8)
Parody defunct right-wing party not starting to make comeback (6)
Folk work in wood hut ultimately next to defensive mound (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letter (ultimately) of [hu] T + RAMPART (defensive mound). A style of woodwork involving complicated carving and construction, usually with simple hand tools and whatever wood is available.
On the contrary I see Channel Island can provide refuge (8)
Old monk drunk means well in the end (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (drunk) of MEANS + end letter of [wel] L . St Anselm of Canterbury (11th century) – or possibly an earlier St Anselm in Italy.
Clue to go for driven type (8)
Frolics in thorny shrubs (6)
C Educating Essex a (5)
Austrian pop star gets number of bird (9)
Policemen regularly sit by with crimes unfolding - a method now adopted worldwide (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MET (short for the Metropolitan Police = London policemen), then an anagram (unfolding) of alternate letters (regularly) from S [i] T [b] Y + CRIMES .
Down
Clamour multiple times to get kids' meal (7)
Entrance to shopping arcade is narrow (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (entrance) of S [hopping], then MALL (arcade = row of shops).
At last Arsenal overwhelmed by accolades following shot on target (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letter of [arsena] L contained in (overwhelmed by) AWARDS (accolades), following GO (as in “have a go” = shot = an attempt).
Style of uplifting new beer (4)
Agencies claiming compliance on insurance scheme (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MEDIA (agencies? Perhaps as the plural of medium = agency = the means by which something is achieved?) containing (claiming) C (which can stand for “compliance” in various abbreviations, but I don’t think it’s something many of us would use), then RE (on = on the subject of). This all seems pretty obscure to me, unless there’s a simpler explanation that I’ve missed. The US federal health insurance scheme, or similar schemes in Australia and Canada.
Spicy sausage from New Delhi used jalapeno alternative originally (5)
The vacuous politician's overdue blueprint (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T [h] E (vacuous = emptied out) + MP (Member of Parliament = politician) + LATE (overdue).
Bill's name instead of Rex turning up (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ADVE [r] T (short for advertisement = bill, as in handbill) with N (abbreviation for name) instead of R (abbreviation for Rex = Latin title for a king). Advent = arrival = turning up.
Terminal affected where public transport runs? (8)
Required Ms Platell to reject a party that she supports (9)
Biographer's left to swap places with female for anti-abortionist (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PROFILER (one who writes profiles = biographer), with the L (left) and F (female) swapping places.
Cancel Britain's terminal European exit (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letter (terminal) of [britai] N + E (abbreviation for European) + GATE (an exit or entrance).
Wrongly label or title male (7)
Note British never getting naked (5)
Be discriminatory but not at first (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[s] EXIST (discriminatory) without the initial letter (not at first).
Union preventing monarch leaving (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BLOC [king] (preventing), with KING (monarch) removed (leaving). As in “trading bloc” = a group of countries that act together for their common interest.
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