Across
Description of lob used for tennis (5,7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reverse wordplay: LOB USED is an anagram ( MIXED ) of DOUBLES . A tennis game in which a man and a woman play as partners.
Bill and Ted entertain us on Japanese set (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AD (short for advertisement = bill = handbill) + TED , containing (entertaining) US after J (abbreviation for Japanese).
Sailor meets short goofy swinger (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TAR (sailor) + ZAN [y] (goofy) without its last letter (short). Fictional character created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, known for swinging from vines in the jungle.
Pass drinks, contents of beer bottle (6)
Grass cut by schoolchildren unlikely to go back inside (8)
Censor changed endings for The Omen as filmed (2-6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (changed) of CENSOR , then end letters of [th] E [ome] N . On-screen (for example an on-screen romance between two characters) = something that happens in the action of a film rather than in real life.
Payment to join navy's divers (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition. Short for subscription = payment to join an organisation; or short for submarines = military vessels that dive below the sea surface.
Bird that parrots accompany mainly keeps heading west (4)
Fair guaranteed publicity (8)
Nick's hours at work stretched by work left (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SHIFT (a period of several hours at work) containing (stretched by) OP (abbreviation for Latin opus = a work of music or literature) + L (abbreviation for left). Nick, as a verb = slang for steal; shoplift = steal from a shop.
Cringe seeing nasty spill on playground (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OIL (a nasty thing to spill because it’s difficult to clean up?) added to REC (short for recreation ground = playground).
Virtually nothing collected by charity that's closing (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O (zero = nothing) contained in (collected by) ALMS (charity) + end (closing) letter of [tha] T .
Key lingo for French food (8)
Score for nine is accepted by Countdown host: UNWITTING (4,3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NONET (a piece of music written for nine players = a score for nine), then IS contained in (accepted by) HEWER (Nick Hewer, former host of the Channel 4 game show Countdown ). For the surface, part of the game involves making the longest possible valid word from a selection of nine letters.
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Daughter wears only nice pants, sitting on her arse (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D (abbreviation for daughter) inserted into (wearing) an anagram (pants = rubbish) of ONLY NICE . Indolency = laziness.
Supply Ecstasy and crack (5)
I might change answer - some solved it here recently (8)
Lack of cash concealed by trendy clothing (15)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UNDER (concealed by) + IN (trendy = fashionable) + VESTMENT (clothing, especially clerical robes).
The French aristocrat spared the guillotine, perhaps (3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LE (a form of “the” in French) + TOFF (slang for aristocrat). Let off = allowed to escape a deserved punishment.
As you'll hear, teacher rewards hits for six (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Homophones (as you’ll hear) of SIR (a male teacher) + PRIZES (rewards). Hit for six (as a verb) = slang for greatly surprise [someone] by doing something unexpected. (From the cricket term for striking the ball out of the playing field.)
Lacking strength with low energy, revive (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WEAK (lacking strength), with the E (abbreviation for energy) moved to the end (lowered, in a down clue).
Revived bar opening in Cambridge, light blue (9)
Sedative lawyers munched on, back from rave (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BAR (the Bar = lawyers collectively) + BIT ON (munched on = chewed) + last letter (back) of [rav] E . Also known as barbital or Veronal; an early barbiturate drug used as a sleeping aid.
Lips are fixed around cold air hole (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (fixed) of LIPS ARE , around C (abbreviation for cold). A breathing hole in fish, insects or worms. I didn’t know that, but the anagram was fairly straightforward and Wikipedia did the rest.
Porcelain in perfect condition available to order (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MINT (in perfect condition) + ON (on the menu = available to order). Traditional English ceramics company.
First off the album! (4)
Crumbs Joe gives dog (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
COR (cor! = crumbs! = expressions of surprise) + GI (Joe = American soldier). A small short-legged dog of Welsh origin, a favourite of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
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