Across
70's surfing film that's famous today (12)
Can it divide an onion? (7)
New member posted but initially deleted tirade (7)
Small account sent over Henry means to pay (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S (abbreviation for small) + AC (abbreviation for account), all reversed (sent over), then H (abbreviation for Henry, a unit of electrical inductance).
Bump into fellow seal hunter back in canteen (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CO (as a prefix = fellow = companion, as in co-pilot), then ORCA (otherwise known as the killer whale, which eats seals and oither marine life) reversed (back) within MESS (a military canteen or dining-room). Bump into = come across = to meet [someone] by chance.
Son who cooked before daughter washed (8)
Amazon v Inland Revenue (6)
The more expensive turkey perhaps animal that eats right (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BEAST (animal) containing (that eats . . .) R (abbreviation for right). Breast meat from poultry is typically more expensive than leg meat.
Italian motorway that is divided by its separate sections (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
M (abbreviation for motorway, as in M1) + IE (i.e. = abbreviation for Latin id est = that is), containing (divided by) LANES (separate sections into which a motorway is divided). From the Italian city of Milan.
Former partner traps bird outside (10)
Lift outfit so it twirls (4)
Terrible mistake started with massage (7)
Make lonely Conservative law lord date nurses (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C (abbreviation for Conservative) + LUD (variant of “lord” used when addressing a judge in court, usually “m’lud” for “my lord”), all surrounded by (. . . nurses) SEE (date = have a romantic meeting with someone). A verb usually used in the passive form: we might talk about a place or person as “secluded”, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen “to seclude” meaning to shut away from view.
Dry clothes Serena and Nick modelled - smashing kit! (12)
Down
No-frills airline intentionally like that (5)
Old PM close to perfecting the sound of a younger man? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letter (close) of [perfectin] G , then LAD’S TONE (the sound of a young man’s voice). William Ewart Gladstone, 19th-century Prime Minister.
Macpherson report the first of lots (4)
Gas from egg Seth considered funny (8)
Riddle one: who came second with second first? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I (one in Roman numerals) + EVE (the second human in the Biblical creation story, after Adam), with S (abbreviation for second) at the beginning (first). Riddle = a coarse sieve.
Lack of fireworks in act sadly left one old lady cross (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (sadly) of IN ACT , then L (abbreviation for left) + I (one in Roman numerals) + MA (old lady = slang for mother) + X (a cross). Anticlimax = lack of fireworks = something that isn’t as exciting as expected.
Gosh look at that ring round the sun (4)
Shell-like probe in photos cop examined (8)
Riddle number two: set out at four? (10)
Green bus travelling lower class (8)
Astonished bridge player interrupts a brawl (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WEST (one of the four players in the card game of bridge) inserted into A RUCK (a brawl).
Phone sibling after years clearing bad blood (8)
Squeeze it before applying Clearasil perhaps (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Cryptic-ish definition: the cryptic element is that our first thought is probably the unpleasant surface image of squeezing a spot, rather than squeezing the tube of medication to apply to it.
Haggard woman in article is very pale (5)
Result of hard exercise with bench presses? (5)
Seconds in Japanese sci-fi story last minutes (4)
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