Across
Gold chain seen in bourse regularly (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CH (chain) in the alternate (regular) letters of bOuRsE
Cornish banker in decline spared last pound (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FAL l (decline) missing the last ‘l’ (pound) – the ‘banker’ being a river
Monk runs to be entered in a Derby? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
R (runs) in or ‘entering’ A HAT (‘Derby?’) – a new word for us
Mum in Blockbuster a female returning holy book (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MA (mum) in a reversal (‘returning’) of HIT (Blockbuster) A F (female) – we had to check this as we are not overly familiar with Islam
Old court letter's content and composition (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O (old) CT (court) l ETTE r (middle letters or ‘content’ only)
Moved quickly to secure vessel abandoned (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SPED (moved quickly) round or ‘securing’ URN (vessel)
Svenson say is an eccentric in little plane? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
This had us foxed for some time, as we had to google Bo Svenson, never having heard of him – it’s BO + an anagram (‘eccentric’) of IS AN – the ‘plane’ being a tree
Reckon D notice should come first (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D with AD (notice) coming first
Virtuous sort with a drop hidden away (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ST (saint – ‘virtuous sort’) + A SHED (drop)
Seer contributing to Crome Yellow (3)
Was fitting American with desire for wealth (6)
See 25 Down
Forming a unit see unit formed (2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘formed’) of SEE UNIT
Chicken is served with rook hearts and hock (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HEN (chicken) IS ‘served’ in R (rook – in chess) H (hearts – card suit)
Kahlo say delivered in fits and starts? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
This one also had us foxed, as we did not know Frida Kahlo. However, wth the crossers we decided it must be RID (deliver) in F A (first letters or ‘starts’ of fits and)
Character spoken for leaves to make drink (3)
See 18 Down
Down
Execute our Charlie across the pond? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DO (execute) OF US (our) – another one we had to check
See 7 Down
See 11 Down
See 17 Down
His was TWL, retiring to Parisian island (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘retiring’) of TO ILE (French for island) – the clue that gave the game away for us.
Rage of Zyzzyva? (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Zyzzyva would be the LAST WORD in an alphabetical dictionary – although it is not in Chambers
27d
(and 2 Down, 27 Down) TWL's V: that with Hades swirling around below (4,3,7,4)
3d
(and 3 Down) He's in for playing with singular metre in TWL's III (3,4,6)
Drink from west in view, Ram's Head receiving order raised (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
W (west) in SEE (view) R (first letter or ‘head’ of ram) round or ‘receiving’ a reversal (‘raised’) of EDICT (order)
4d
(and 4 Down) Bats left to fate here, Buddha saving one: TWL's I (3,6,2,3,4)
31a
(and 31 Across) Hard to stop enemy with Trumpian slogan upping tax in TWL's II (1,4,2,5)
Haggard heroine managed to net fish for playwright (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SHE (Rider Haggard heroine) RAN (managed) round or ‘netting’ ID (fish)
Church supporting Navy woman in difficult separation (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CH (church) after or ‘supporting’ (in a down clue) WREN (‘Navy woman)
Maybe an old idea slightly altered on mixed dish (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RE (on) HASH (mixed dish)
22a
(and 22 Across) TWL's IV's what betrayed criminal (5,2,5)
See 7 Down
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