Across
Hopelessness entering Dr Matt Fink's second letters on psychic power (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DR (doctor) round or ‘entered by’ ESP (extrasensory perception – ‘psychic power’) A I (second letters of Matt Fink) – we had never heard of Dr Matt Fink, but we guessed it was not a random name chosen by Mev to fit the wordplay – a google search revealed that he is a keyboardist, producer and songwriter best known for playing keyboards in Prince’s band The Revolution – a hint of what is to come
Delay describing quiet victory for flapper (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LAG (delay) round or ‘describing’ P (quiet) WIN (victory)
Instrument you fake the sound of with hesitation (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A homophone (‘the sound of’) YOU PHONY (fake) + UM (hesitation)
Majestic Wendy and Lisa finally embraced by short returning aristocrat (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Y A (last or ‘final’ letters of Wendy and Lisa) in or ’embraced by’ a reversal (‘returning’) of LOR d (aristocrat) missing the last letter or ‘short’. Wendy Melvoin (guitar) and Lisa Coleman (keyboards) were members of The Revolution – Prince perhaps liked to think of himself as ‘royal’
Old queen welcomes Troy Romeo who'll say "I would die for you"? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MARY (‘old queen’) round or ‘welcoming’ T (Troy) + R (Romeo in the phonetic alphabet)
Rescue smart guy holding broken lav (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SAGE (smart guy) round or ‘holding’ an anagram (‘broken’) of LAV
Western Arab's lute dubiously claimed with 12 as a basis (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘western’) of OUD (‘Arab’s lute’) + an anagram (‘dubiously’) of CLAIMED
When doves cry, you'll hear these cold ducks primarily sympathising (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C (cold) O O (‘ducks’ – zeroes) S (first or ‘primary’ letter of sympathising) – ‘When doves cry’ is a Prince track
Squad rejoiced (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition
The fleet oddly abandoned cadets sent out on a channel (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Alternate letters (‘oddly’) of ThE fLeEt + an anagram (”abandoned’) of CADETS
Your ass wanders into storage for relics (7)
Revere Computer Blue (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HAL (computer – in ‘2001, a Space Odyssey’) LOW (blue)
Need remixed intro to Baby I'm A Star (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘remixed’) of NEED + B (first letter or ‘intro’ to baby)
Travel for work that is about money and speed (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IE (id est – ‘that is’) round TIN (money) + RATE (speed)
Poland-America by United? Take me with you! (4-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PL (Poland) US (America) ONE (united)
Let's go crazy at start of tour, and wander off (3,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘crazy’) of LET’S GO + T (first letter or ‘start’ of tour)
Down
Imagined setter being enveloped by fear (7)
The beautiful ones meld with poseurs, mingling (11)
Of Prince, The Revolution say "a fellow with radical style" (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A CO (fellow, as in co-chair) + an anagram (‘radical’) of STYLE
See 6 Down
They're reducing the light shed by city politicians on underworld figure (4,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LA (Los Angeles – ‘city’) MPS (politicians) HADES (underworld figure) – we thought Hades was the underworld, but apparently it is also another name for the underworld god Pluto
4d
(and 4 Down) Regularly tape superb LPs: Blue every Cardigans album (6,4)
Roman historian not using Latin name of plant (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L IVY (Roman historian) missing the ‘l’ (latin)
Gateshead lanes lead to kitchens in the marina (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
G (lift and separate Gateshead – first letter or ‘head’ of Gates) ALLEYS (lanes)
A loopy circle around where price is displayed for sherry (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A MAD (loopy) O (circle) round ON TILL (where price is displayed)
High percentage of ice cream (6-4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition – 1999 is a Prince track, but we can’t find the ’19’
Flier shows soldier lark’s foot climbing support (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PARA (soldier) K (last letter or ‘foot’ of lark) + a reversal (‘climbing’) of TEE (support)
Clue for "could become grey" (5,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A clue for ‘could’ might be CLOUD UP – with ‘up’ as an anagrind
Most soft and lustrous clothes of Dianne (Footloose actress) (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D E (first and last letters or ‘clothes’ of Dianne) WIEST (Dianne Wiest – actress in the 1984 film ‘Footloose’)
Bobby, Apollonia and Mark Brown initially hula-hoop over grass (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
B A M B (first or ‘initial’ letters of Bobby, Apollonia, Mark and Brown)+ O (hoola-hoop) O (over) – apparently Bobby Z was a drummer and Brown Mark was a bassist in the Revolution, and Apollonia Kotero is an actress who co-starred in Prince’s 1984 film 6d 4d
Darling Nikki protects retreating monarch (4)
Krautrock band ultimately can leave Spandau (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
N E U (last or ‘ultimate’ letters in can leave Spandau) – we had never heard of this German band apparently formed in 1971, disbanded in 1975 and reformed in the 80s. No connection with Prince though – as far as we can determine.
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