Across
Do well with old theatrical magician (8)
Target of deliveries? Welsh strike supporter barring opening (6)
I want to be worked on next in cathedral? (4)
Mute roadie wandering round - one’s assessing what can be heard (10)
Concluding premiere of show’s excellent (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (premiere) of S [how] + TOPPING (a rather old-fashioned way of saying “excellent!”).
Punishment area - I particularly note - is filling function (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I + NB (abbreviation for Latin nota bene = note well = particulaly note), inserted into (filling) SIN (abbreviation for sine, a mathematical function). Holding area for sports players temporarily removed from the field of play as a punishment.
Unearth source of real acerbity in political party (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (source) of R [eal] + EDGE (acerbity = bitterness or harshness in speech), all inserted into DUP (abbreviation for the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland politics).
Baron in male gear - VIP? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
B (abbreviation for baron), inserted into M (abbreviation for male) + RIG (gear = equipment). Slang for an influential man, especially the head of a criminal organization; VIP = abbreviation for very important person.
Cartoon dog currently in heartless story (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NOW (currently) in S [tor] Y (heartless = inner letters removed). Name of the dog in the Tintin cartoon stories.
Keep on pushing King forward? A sensitive point (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NEVER END (keep on), with the R (abbreviation for Latin Rex = King, as in Charles R) pushed a couple of places forward.
Supporter one coming in following split (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I (one in Roman numerals), inserted into F (abbreviation for following) + REND (split).
Pointless accepting stench - horrible (8)
State in Africa confused with next answer (10)
Cut of meat - African animal has change of heart (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LION (African animal) with the “heart” (inner letters) changing places.
Favouring interrupting worker but not now (6)
Provide new look for warning symbol appearing electronically? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Warning symbols (signs) are conventionally red, and e- is a common prefix meaning electronic, so we’re looking for a RED E-SIGN .
Down
Chicken schedule involving extra egg? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ROSTER (schedule, especially for shift workers) containing an extra O (egg = slang for zero). An adult male chicken.
Small sheltered area quiet - ideal for this? (5)
Ivy leaves strewn around offering little explanation (9)
After working one ideal person to receive a little something from Government? (15)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (after working) of ONE IDEAL PERSON + first letter (a little something) from G [overnment]. Clue-as-definition (&lit): someone who receives a state pension after retiring from work.
Golf clubs Director brought into courts (5)
With low profits invested in hawser that needn’t stay dirty (9)
No time for equestrian sport - later in the day? (7)
Italian 9 around start of Christmas month depicted in book of twelve leaves (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DUOMO (Italian word for 9a DOME) around DEC I (abbreviation for December 1 = start of the Christmas month). A book whose page size is derived from folding a standard printer’s sheet of paper into 12. (From duodecim , Latin for twelve.)
Worker supporting planet adopting line for fen country (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HAND (worker, as in farmhand) after (below, in a down clue = supporting) MARS (a planet), containing L (abbreviation for line). Fen = marsh = low-lying wetland.
Look at various sites to get expert coverage (7)
Note a new Judge in Government in Chinese city (7)
Heads for Dundee relishing individual sound of bagpipe (5)
Happy looks having covered initial distance (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[s] MILES (happy looks) with the initial letter hidden (covered).
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