Across
Pained look of red maybe bored by Conservative (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WINE (red is a term used to describe many types of wine, to distinguish them from white wines) containing (bored by) C (Conservative)
People with successful records long to include one short snippet of song (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( ACHE [long] containing (to include) I [Roman numeral for one]) + VERS E (snippet of a song] excluding the final letter (short) E
Open boxes are behind electronic stuff (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OVERT (open) containing (boxes) ( E [electronic] + A [are; unit of land measurement])
A source of cash keeps personnel excited (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A + ( TILL [source of cash]) containing (keeps) HR (Human Resources; Personnel [Department])
Dishonest about dodgy rental housing feature (7,7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CHEATING (dishonest) containing (about) an anagram of (dodgy) RENTAL
Boldness about the time we live in (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C (circa; about) + OUR AGE (the time we live in)
Moor boat, regularly going "ahoy there!" (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OT ( letters 2 and 4 [regularly] of B O A T ) + HELLO (word for attracting attention as is the phrase ‘ahoy there’)
Male assistant with Nixon, say, pocketing cash to create scandal for Kennedy (14)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( CHAP [male] + PA [{personal} assistant] + DICK [Richard {Nixon}]) containing (pocketing) QUID (slang term for £1; cash)
Decked in expensive material, scoffed about waste product (7)
Great trouble concealing jollies in high-flying post (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( AI [A one; excellent; great] + AIL [trouble]) containing (concealing) RM (Royal Marines; jollies is a slang term for Royal Marines)
Voyager's here with two velocities going in different directions (4,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SPEED (velocity) reversed [entered in one direction] + PACE (speed)[entered in a different direction giving two velocities in different directions) Good to see that the clue reflects the full definition of a velocity having both direction and magnitude.
Scientific feat from medic tracking blood types (1-4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AB (a blood type) + O (another blood type) + MB (Bachelor of Medicine; medic)
Down
Vacuous drive to plug identical articles from a certain range (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DE (letters remaining in D RIV E when the central letters RIV are removed [vacuous]) contained in (to plug) ( AN [indefinite article] + AN [an identical indefinite article] giving identical articles)
Adam, as described by George, is a venerable fellow (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BEDE (reference the Venerable BEDE , English monk [died 735 AD, buried in Durham Cathedral], also known as St BEDE ) double definition
Yet to fill beaker, oddly, or jug in France (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
STILL (yet) contained in (to fill) BAE ( letters 1, 3 and 5 [oddly] of B E A K E R)
Breaches of the peace reportedly leading to sentence (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PHRASE ( sounds like [reportedly] FRAYS [brawls; breaches of the peace])
Say I do understand problem of French revolutionary (3,7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GET (understand) + HITCH (problem) + DE (French word for ‘of’) reversed (revolutionary)
Supply ale or gin in local (8)
One with large bill from court, where defendant is smuggling cocaine (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WOO (court) + ( DOCK [place where the defendant stands {in court}] containing [smuggling] C [cocaine])
24d
(and 24 Down) Brief answer received by staff in commercial channel (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ SILK ] ROAD
On Spotify perhaps, better pay rate again (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RE (with reference to; on) + APP (Spotify is an example of a computer APP ) + RAISE (descriptive of better pay)
Reading fans heckle the number 4 of Stoke FC? (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BOO (heckle) + K ( fourth letter of [number 4] STO K E) + CLUB [FC is an abbreviation for [Football] CLUB )
Wanting weapons to protect hotel safe (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UNARMED (without or perhaps requiring [wanting] weapons) containing (to protect) H (hotel)
Prepares to reproduce fancy vase, out to mould 50 (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of (fancy) VASE OUT containing (to mould) L (Roman numeral for 50)
Upset, handle cross American feller (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( NAME [title; handle] + X (cross) + A (American]) all reversed (upset)
Running or quarrelling? (2,1,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IN A ROW [quarrelling) double definition
It may be used when charming women turned up make-up (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
W (women) + DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid; a nucleic acid that is the main constituent of the chromosomes of all organisms; make-up) reversed (turned up)
See 9 Down
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