Across
4a
(and 4 Across) Rudely crack a joke about posh writer (4,7)
See 1 Across
Cost of woman's silver piercing (6)
Greasy spoon sold wraps in support of workers (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CAFF (‘greasy spoon’) in or ‘wrapped by’ SOLD
Up for one small television acting role – initially one might expect better (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FILM (‘Up’ for one – as an example) S (small) T A R (first or ‘initial’ letters of Television Acting Role)
Pressed De Niro to perform (6)
Ultimately Jeb Bush succeeds occasionally funded by rock'n'roller (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
B (last or ‘final’ letter of Jeb) + HOLLY (bush) after or ‘succeeded by’ alternate or ‘occasional’ letters of f U n D e D b Y
Dictator's changed course, seeking diplomacy (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A homophone (‘dictator’s’) of TACKED (changed course)
Look both ways (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A palindrome (‘both ways’)
Bankrupt trainer finally moving in to enhance his cycling (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IMPROVE (enhance) with the ‘r’ (last or ‘final’ letter of trainer) moving to the end + HIS with the first letter moving to the end or ‘cycling’
Communist leader embodying end of old East Germany survived (4,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MAO (communist leader) round or ’embodying’ D (last letter or ‘end’ of old) E (east) D (Germany)
Job maybe available at the start – one that's clearly understood (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BOOK (‘Job maybe’ – as in the Bible) with OPEN (available) in front or ‘at the start’
Alert goes off during court defeat (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘goes off’) of ALERT in or ‘during’ WOO (court)
Crossword compiler for The Sun? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition
29a
(and 29 Across) Helpless victim modelling with nothing on (7,4)
See 28 Across
Down
Packing in large audiences to begin with – quite the reverse – getting worried (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ARMED (‘packing’) round ( not in – ‘quite the reverse’) L A (first letters or ‘beginnings’ of large audiences)
Went to ground – somehow Kane's missing a lot after vacation (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
K a NE (missing ‘a’) L o T (missing the middle letter or ‘after vacation’)
Rubber trees adopted by essentially hawklike bird (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘rubber’) of TREES in or ‘adopted by K L (middle or ‘essential’ letters of hawklike)
For example Love Island vote regularly overturned after early IT glitches (7,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘overturned’) of V o T e (alternate or ‘regular’ letters) after an anagram (‘glitches’) of EARLY IT
At university prom ahead of time (2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UP (at university) FRONT (prom – as in promenade at the seaside)
Possibly deliver Galloway's somewhat political vengeance (5)
Complete National Insurance Contributions to cover time for digital improvement? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MA t URE (complete) with NIC (National Insurance Contributions) replacing or ‘covering’ ‘t’ (time)
The masses discovering who'd win with vote on Love Island (3,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
w HO ‘d w I n (missing the the first and last letters or ‘dis-covered’) POLL (vote) O (love) I (island)
Patron saint of medicine originally involved in new cure (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ST (saint) O M (first or ‘original’ letters of of medicine) in an anagram (‘new’) of CURE
Power conveyed by biggest characters of Richard E Grant? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
P (power) + SENT (conveyed) after (‘by’) R E (capital letters or ‘biggest characters’ in Richard E)
Sustain pair with tea but no starter (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PR (pair) o OLONG (variety of tea) missing the first letter or ‘no starter’
Sentimental lad largely taking man's place in automatic (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RO man TIC (sentimental) with BO y (lad) missing the last letter or ‘largely’ replacing ‘man’
Morning before adult sons gather (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AM (morning) A (adult) SS (sons)
Relaxed plans when papers dropped journalist (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
id EAS (plans) missing or ‘dropping’ ‘id’ (‘papers’) ED (editor – ‘journalist’)
Type letters or click words in the clue