Across
Fights over one bill where alcohol's served (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WARS (fights) round or ‘over’ I (one) NEB (bill)
Goes off round India with maiden being selfish (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘off’) of GOES round I (India in the phonetic alphabet) + M (maiden)
Gershwin back in Paris (3)
Fly to Sweden, get confused and disappear (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
KED (fly) after S (Sweden) + ADDLE (confused)
Kind drunkard takes in Loomer finally (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SOT (drunkard) round or ‘taking in’ R (last or ‘final’ letter of Loomer) – we wondered about the relevance of ‘Loomer’ – a quick google revealed that Laura Loomer is an American far-right conspiracy theorist, who would presumably be at home with 16acs and 15/13ds and definitely qualifies for the puzzle theme.
Made up by performing fleas (5)
13d
(and 13 Down) Female figure on horseback acquires a following - patriot? (4,3)
Question One all for now maybe: who is extremely credulous? (5,8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Q (question) + an anagram (‘maybe’) of ONE FOR ALL NOW
Child grasps right and wrong (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TOT (child) round or ‘grasping’ R (right)
Thought of euphemism finally: 'pre-loved' (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
M (‘final’ letter of euphemism) USED (‘pre-loved’)
Overtake swimmer (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GO BY (overtake) – we had never come across this fish before
Former presenter, one nominally clever, trapped in channel (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I (one) DICK (‘nominally clever’ – ‘clever Dick’) ‘trapped’ in DAVE (TV channel) – the conspiracy theorist and former sports broadcaster
Drug agent - it's very fishy looking back (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘looking back’) of CRAN (a measure of fish landed in port)
I think Bari's wrong - it's somewhere else in Italy (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UM (‘I think’) + an anagram (‘wrong’) of BARI
How to dispose of rubbish janitor regularly collects from scratch (2,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BIN IT (‘how to dispose of rubbish’) in or ‘collected by’ j A n I t O r (alternate or ‘regular’ letters)
Down
Fit youngster has nothing for self-defence (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AI (fit) KID (youngster) O (nothing)
On building a nest, start to feel secure again (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RE (on) + an anagram (‘building’) of A NEST and F (first letter or ‘start’ of feel)
Stretch over, has a rest (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘over’) of SPAN (stretch)
Man maybe seduced with no protection from doctor (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
m ISLE d (‘seduced’) – missing ‘md’ (doctor) which are the first and last letters or ‘protection’
Cancel out Tyneside scandal? (6)
Blasted creature that might get shot on reflection (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘on reflection’) of MAD DOG (‘creature that might get shot’)
Kidnap victim, female wearing old clothes, turned up (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HER (female) in or ‘wearing’ a reversal (‘turned up’) of RAGS (old clothes) – the racehorse famously stolen in 1983 and put up for ransom
See 15 Across
Silly birds? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A sort of double definition, LOONS being silly people as well as diving birds
Former queen and working mother (7)
Top student with papers (3)
Female companion and drunk carrying on in sleeper (5-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WAG (wife or girlfriend of a sportsman – ‘female companion’) LIT (drunk) round or ‘carrying’ ON
Pub in Cheers against online service (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TA (thanks – ‘cheers’) V (against) E (online) RN (Royal Navy – ‘service’)
Crazy promotion in two thousand and one (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AD (advert -‘promotion’) in MM (two thousand) + AN (one)
Left one capital to go round another (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (left) I (one) with BERN (capital of Switzerland) outside or ‘going round’
Tea dance (a third one) (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CHA (a third of cha-cha-cha – ‘dance’) I (one)
Lamb Smith cooking doesn't require starter (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
d ELIA (Delia Smith – chef) missing the first letter or ‘starter’ – a reference to Charles Lamb, the essayist also known as Elia
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