Across
Drunk used to be lout many years ago (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WAS (used to be) TED (teddy boy – ‘lout many years ago’)
C Kent's partner gets bad back in market town (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L LANE (Lois Lane, C(lark) Kent’s partner in the Superman stories) + a reversal (‘back’) of ILL (bad)
Simple announcement of A lemon tree my dear Watson? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A homophone (‘announcement’) of HOLMES PUN – ‘a lemon tree’ being a pun on Sherlock Holmes’ famous line “Elementary, by dear Watson”
Cat eats a rat's head and part of respiratory tract (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LYNX (cat) round or ‘eating’ A R (first letter or ‘head’ of rat)
Greatly value what happened in a very quick tennis match? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
In a very quick tennis match the SETS TORE BY
Primordial matter found in mouldy lemons (4)
Unpleasant shower drink after tai-chi oddly cancelled (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DRAIN (drink) after even letters (‘oddly cancelled’) of tAi-ChI
Flavours of fish hint of smoke moving to the fore (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PISCES (fish) with the first ‘s’ (first letter or ‘hint’ of smoke) moving to the front
A song that Cinderella would like to reply to? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Cinderella might fancifully reply to an AD for a BALL
Mimic cricket matches in part (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ODIS (one-day internationals – ‘cricket matches’) in PART
Cloak is carbon copy (4)
Safety officer rewired fan incorrectly (10)
Large quill pens key (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (large) in or ‘penned by SPINE (quill, apparently a porcupine’s) – we also had to check the definition
Introduces gangs during scrap (8)
Supply pear tree which is what Partridge wanted on show (8)
Flashy and fishy? (6)
Down
American lecturer regularly taking ecstasy by herself (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A (American) L (lecturer) ON (regularly taking) E (ecstasy)
Swear about losing a hairpiece (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘about’) of a SSERT (swear) missing the ‘a’
Old map I revised for academic qualification (7)
Left behind end of extension for sun lamp (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (left) A s TERN (behind) with N (last letter or ‘end’ of extension) replacing ‘s’ (sun)
Observant of passages in English? On the contrary (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (English) in ALLEYS (passages) not the other way round or ‘on the contrary’
I err badly upsetting worm-catcher (9)
People hanging round Italy abandoning women's underwear with arse exposed (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LINGER i E (women’s underwear) missing or ‘abandoning’ the second ‘i’ (Italy) + a RS e missing the first and last letters or ‘exposed’
Charlie helps after banks rejected father saving up for fruit tree (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C (Charlie in the phonetic alphabet) + a reversal (‘up’) of h ELP s missing or ‘rejecting’ the first and last letters or ‘banks’ PA (father) BAR (saving)
Life of luxury portrayed in absurd old Conservative show about lady's rise to power (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘absurd’) of OLD + C (Conservative) EVITA (show about lady’s rise to power)
Change course wanting to take Latin (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DEFECT (‘wanting’ – a deficiency) round or ‘taking’ L (Latin)
Allegorical story of Scotsman dividing pasty (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RAB (Scotsman) in or ‘dividing’ PALE (pasty)
Author arguing about ladies primarily (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ROWING (arguing) round L (first or ‘primary’ letter of ladies)
I acknowledge that wordy compiler must shorten 20D's opening (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ROGE t (‘wordy compiler’ – of Roget’s Thesaurus) missing the last letter or ‘shortened’ + R (first letter or ‘opening’ of Rowling – 20 down)
Team up to restrict temperature changes (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘up’) of SIDE (team) round or ‘restricting’ T (temperature)
Type letters or click words in the clue