Across
Additional comment recalled at this point in class (6)
Family document about good party with royal associations? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
KIN (family) + MS (abbreviation for manuscript = document), around G (abbreviation for good) + DO (slang for a party). A slightly odd definition, but perhaps in the sense of “everything that’s associated with a king”.
Meal encapsulating a flat opening event? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LUNCH (a meal) containing A , then PAD (as in “bachelor pad” = flat = an apartment). Launch pad = an initial event or situation, for example a first public performance, from which you can go on to bigger and better things.
Theatrical sponsor: a new stage backed (5)
Entertainment from American singer with a repeat for English (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CHER (US singer, very popular with crossword setters), with the E (abbreviation for English) repeated. As in “good cheer” = enjoyment.
Uncommonly nice and pure about a bit of rumpy-pumpy? This is being just the opposite (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (uncommonly) of NICE + PURE , around the first letter (a bit) of R [umpy-pumpy]. Extended definition: prurience = an unhealthy interest in sexual matters (rumpy-pumpy), rather than a “pure” attitude to them.
Caught within six deliveries? Quick assessment required (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Cricketing terminology: C (abbreviation for caught), in ONE OVER (six deliveries = six balls bowled). As in “give it the once-over” = a cursory check without going into detail.
Wild situation with heartless devil seen in torchlight (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D [evi] L (heartless = inner letters removed), inside BEAM (torchlight).
Biscuits etc seen aboard ship a good deal (6)
Student’s beset by evil being blunt (8)
Make bad comments about food prepared for us (9)
One using needle or pin not end of stick (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S [k] EWER (pin), without the K which is the end letter of [stic] K .
Desert plants have a role in Channel Islands (5)
Pacific island genuine and raw deposing King in rebellion (9)
I get food gratis coming in for nothing - it’s a delicate arrangement (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I + LIG (slang for take advantage of free refreshments = get food gratis; in particular, to help yourself to backstage hospitality when you’re not actually part of the show), inserted into FREE (for nothing). Intricate decorative wire-work.
Plant embedded in stone thoroughfare (6)
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Promise to repay accepted by a class outraged about lustful behaviour (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IOU (acknowledgement of a debt = promise to repay), inserted into an anagram (outraged?) of A CLASS .
Contain our group in garden (5)
Actor Montalban bit of a character in Brazilian city (7)
Metal I note dull found around uranium (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I + N (abbreviation for note) + DIM (dull = not bright), around U (chemical symbol for uranium). A silvery-white metal.
French holiday home containing rendered stone (7)
Left in one large reconstructed part of cell (9)
Work out without others? Very into that (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SOLE (alone = without others), with V (abbreviation for very) inserted into it.
Member of Parliament importing very soft pelt (6)
Constant of the people to accept sopranos in such music? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C (constant: the speed of light in a vacuum, or a generic label for a constant) + LAICAL (of the people, as distinct from the clergy), containing (to accept) SS (two S = abbreviation for soprano in musical notation). A genre of music, which may or may not include sopranos or indeed any singers.
A lot of nasty crime done - by me? (9)
Curtailment of complicated dispute to distress (6)
Currently blocking chesspiece showing cunning (7)
Interfere with day getting purist upset (7)
Attack joke about old church (6)
Had to deal with getting up and coffee without the kick! (5)
Trace of cork in Merlot perhaps producing pained expression (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (a trace) of C [ork] in WINE (Merlot perhaps).
Type letters or click words in the clue