Across
Criminal captured with this fool gunned down? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Mug(=fool) + shot(=possibly gunned down). The captured here is in the sense of an image being captured.
Run underworld god around in passenger vehicle (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(Race(=run) + Dis(=underworld god in Roman mythology))<
12a
(and 12 Across) Up as 26 20 can be when 16's 4 or 23 and 15? (2,3,4)
Trumpian troubles applying leverage in America? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Prising(=applying leverage) in US. I’m not entirely sure to what the Trumpian troubles refers – possibly the Capitol riots which occurred after he refused to accept the result of the first re-election attempt.
Not bad, Berkoff cast in plays (like this) (2,8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(Berk[off] cast in)*
See 9 Across
EGLW acronym changed for minister (11)
He takes issue over way parents situated in lounge at home (8,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(Pop + ma(=parents)) in (loll(=lounge) + in(=at home))
Maybe flageolet's one joining piano in exercises (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(I + P{iano}) in PE(=physical exercise). A flageolet is a woodwind instrument.
Chinese character went for a German count, did you say? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Hom of “picked a graf”, graf being a German rank of nobility usually considered to be equivalent to a count. Pictograph seems to be a general term for picture or symbol which conveys a meaning, so I’m not sure whether it could be considered specifically Chinese.
Freak rain in storm finds Dutch descendant (9)
Trinity right inside you? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
R{ight} in thee(=you)
See back trouble's something looming 9 12? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Spot<(=see) + ail(=trouble)
Old coffer in studies becomes mysterious (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Ark(=old coffer) in dens(=studies)
Down
Jamesian heroine, excellent Italian, absolutely stops me (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
((AI(=excellent) + si(=Italian for “yes”=absolutely)) in(=stops) me. The def refers to the novel “What Maisie Knew” by Henry James.
Friend of Dorothy outside bank's enigmatic millionaire (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Gay around TSB(=well-known bank). This was a new one on me but apparently “Friend of Dorothy” is a coded term for a gay man.
Time in greeting Roman Catholic this Roman ranked (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Era in (hi(=greeting) + R{oman} C{atholic}) + hic(=latin for this). I’m not entirely sure about “hic” for this. I’ve never studied Latin but, according to the dictionaries I’ve consulted, hic is “here” and hoc is “this” but maybe there are some contexts where they overlap.
Body in the boot (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DD
Device is Fender guitar, a fine example (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Strat(=shortened version of Fender Stratocaster) + a gem(=fine example)
Some provide sketches for Davenport? (4)
Ratifies business superior to interpolar one? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Co{mpany} on top of (firm in NS(=between North and South, so interpolar))
Biden rendered powerless finds house physician? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[P]resident
Achieve victory in more evenly contested baseball event (3-7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Win(=achieve victory) in tighter(=more evenly contested). I’m not much of a baseball fan, so this was lost on me, but it’s a short version of a twi-night doubleheader.
Book about Scottish island on loch shows feeling (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Tome< + Iona(=Scottish island of the Inner Hebrides) + l{och}
Footballer recalled — hard worker I'll always remember (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Pele<(=footballer) + h{ard} + ant(=worker ant). The def refers to the notion that elephants never forget.
Conservative to drink gin that's rubbish (8)
Scottish writer's block unending (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Barrie[r]. JM Barrie is most famous for writing Peter Pan.
Second version of these lines (6)
Familiar beat (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DD. I think familiar is used in the sense of a “familiar story” i.e. a not very new, tired story. Beat is in the sense of “I’m beat”.
Bird or birds sent north (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Auks<
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