Across
Time and motive required for crime (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of T and REASON.
Cuckoo saw tree top (7)
Suffer at home with bad dog (5)
Non-stop aces badly restricting Seles (9)
Long leases unusual in city (10)
Attractive stone circle seen with friend (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of O and PAL.
Biden and Trump say sounding like excessively croaky people (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Aural wordplay (‘sounding like’) of TOO HOARSE RACE. And a race too frightening to think about, frankly.
Maxim used by SAS as her windows smashed (12)
A little mansion in Eaton Square (4)
Officer's given cold beer getting notes in order (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of MAJORS, C and ALE. The notes of the tonic sol-fa containing a major third: for example, the white notes of the piano from one C to the next C.
I would clean it out just the same (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of I’D and (CLEAN IT)* with ‘out’ as the anagrind.
Island that's a ring (5)
French composer emptied tray being full (7)
Tango separately date having claws (7)
Down
Right to put in bananas I felt for this pudding (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An insertion of R in (I FELT)* The insertion indicator is ‘to put in’; the anagrind is ‘bananas’.
Former copper starts to set everyone free (6)
Psychiatrist women blame in film (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of SHRINK, W and RAP. The ‘film’ is not of the cinematic variety, but of (usually) low density polyethylene.
Pleasant embracing husband in appropriate place (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An insertion of H in NICE. The insertion indicator is ’embracing’.
Dummy on farm runs in silly cow races (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An insertion of R in (COW RACES)* The insertion indicator is ‘in’ and the anagrind is ‘silly’.
Animal's lair beneath end of the garden (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of E for the final letter of ‘the’ and DEN.
Clothes pianist packs for the theatre (8)
Victor and loser set up journalist decided (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of V and LOSER reversed and ED.
Bouncer you hit to get in? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A cd.
Hits down by 50% affected archery ranking (9)
A decade passed in chains (8)
Not very encouraging sign from conductor (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A dd.
Pool in 11? I don't believe it (6)
Number one went first without kit on (6)
Chick knotted towel (5)
Spot Liberal out of fashion (4)
Type letters or click words in the clue
