Across
Head claims underworld affected site where holidaymakers uncovered lodge (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NUT (head) round or ‘claiming’ DIS (underworld) + CAMP (affected)
Upper-class person from Thailand no longer available (4)
Sent back some discoloured ice in drink (5)
GoPro damaged with acid in capital city (9)
At A&E taking drug to lower cholesterol (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A E round or ‘taking’ STATIN (drug to lower cholesterol) – At is the chemical symbol for this element
Child interrupts news programme (5)
Large eggs with breakfast lunch and elevenses initially appealing (7)
Sauce found in vessel revolting (7)
Travel sanctions shortened carriage (7)
[Bicycle Race Crazy] i (7)
Perhaps Chesterfield rector gets to date? (5)
Freed from awfully bad love triangles at last (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘awfully’) of BAD LOVE and S (‘last’ letter of triangles)
Care! Organ replacement can lead to overbearing pomposity (9)
Source of drug like in music (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Pop music might be described as ‘POPPY’
Inverted only compound containing unsaturated alcohol (4)
New Zealand's Premier overused exercises in meeting (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘exercises’) of N (new) Z (first or ‘premier’ letter of Zealand) and OVERUSED
Down
Condition of prison (4)
Failure of stylish chap finishing early (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DUD e (stylish chap) missing the last letter or ‘finishing early’
Part of Austria passing close to bandit country (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S t YRIA (part of Austria) missing or ‘passing’ the ‘t’ (last letter or ‘close’ of bandit) – we had never heard of this state in the south-east of Austria
Manage to take photograph in thicket (7)
Inappropriate time to speak on the phone with Kelvin: around Wednesday? (7)
Willow is more intimate but not at first (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
c OSIER (more intimate) missing the first letter or ‘not at first’
Fellow phoned Scotsman about penny sweet's centre being cream (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
F (fellow) RANG (phoned) IAN (Scotsman) round P (penny) + E (middle letter of sweet)
Calculated price of houses around Kent being spoiled (8)
Banks made these cuts losing cash ultimately (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S h AVES (cuts) ‘losing’ the ‘h’ (last or ‘ultimate’ letter of cash) – a reference to Gordon Banks, the England goalkeeper in the 1966 World Cup team
Schedule includes match in Alabama? (10)
Victor in competition with passion for drink (8)
Loathe taking son for expedition (5)
Cheers k (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SLAIN (killed off) T E (first and last letters or ‘peripheral characters’ in time) – Gaelic for ‘good health!’
Improperly care for daughter with wet scrubbing cloth essentially (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D (daughter) after M o ISTEN (wet) missing or ‘scrubbing’ the ‘o’ (middle or ‘essential’ letter in cloth)
Film following mythical boat (5)
s i p (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LOPE (bound) Z (unknown – in algebra) – we thought that this might be a reference to Jennifer Lopez, the American actress and singer, but an electronic search revealed that there are several Hispanic singers with the surname Lopez – Trini, Pablo, Lisa, Rosa, Brian, Sonia, Ivan, Julio, Kareem, Cesar, Nadia……
European agreed to reveal studies (4)
One's paid rugby player to scratch bottom (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PRO p (rugby player) missing or ‘scratching’ the last letter or ‘bottom’
Type letters or click words in the clue
