Across
Case of criminal affair leading to hue and cry (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Case of criminal affair leading to hue and cry C <rimina> L (“case of” means first and last letters) + AMOUR (=(love) affair)
Posh bores dressed like Elizabethan gents run by that establishment (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Posh bores dressed like Elizabethan gents run by that establishment U (=posh) in IN HOSE (=dressed like Elizabethan gents)
English setter with guy turning around in ship (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
English setter with guy turning around in ship E (=English) + ME (=setter, i.e. Rodriguez) + RIB (=guy, tease, as verb); “turning around” indicates reversal
Unfinished Ready Brek bananas or baked food (8)
It's employed for sharpening loose tin fragments (8)
Maybe neglect vile sullied clothes from the east (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Maybe neglect vile, sullied clothes from the east Reversed (“from the east”) and hidden (“clothes”) in “vil E, SULLI ed”
Large-minded rogue bagging graduate job (showing what other pairs of other Across answers have here?) (13)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Large-minded rogue grabbing graduate job (showing what other pairs of Across answers here have?) MA (=graduate, i.e. Master of Arts) in *(LARGE-MINDED); “rogue” is anagram indicator; on each row of across solutions, the “middle” of the grid is straddled by the name of a football “manager”: (José) MOURINHO, (Unai) EMERY, (Martin) O’NEILL, (Alf) RAMSEY, (Mikel) ARTETA and (Ruud) GULLIT!!
Suddenly leaves king protected by rooks (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Suddenly leaves king protected by rooks R (=king, i.e. rex) in SCAMS (=rooks, cons, swindles)
Still loves getting mobbed by the barking canine (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Still loves getting mobbed by the barking canine [YET (=still, even) + O O (=loves, i.e. 2 x O (=love, i.e. zero score in tennis] in *(THE); “barking (=mad)” is anagram indicator
Trusty defender's broken law interrupting kick-off (8)
Certainly not behind revolving optical instrument (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Certainly not behind revolving optical instrument NO (=certainly not) + LATE (=behind (schedule)); “revolving” indicates reversal; in physics, an etalon is a device consisting of two reflecting glass plates, employed for measuring small differences in the wavelength of light using the interference it produces
In market gold rings good for high-flier (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
In market, gold rings good for high-flier [O (=ring, pictorially) in AU (=gold, i.e. chemical formula)] in SELL (=(to) market, trade); as a bird, a seagull could be described as a high-flier!
Boxing pugilist I beat European (7)
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Labour movement's endless reproach about Murdoch? (8)
The writer's tongue squeezed by doctor and soaked (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
The writer’s tongue squeezed by doctor and soaked I’M (=the writer’s, i.e. Rodriguez) + [ERSE (=tongue, i.e. language) in MD (=doctor, i.e. Doctor of Medicine)]
DJ rebranded site during day before party (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DJ rebranded site during day before party [X (=rebranded site, formerly Twitter ) in TUE (=day, of week)] + DO (=party); here “DJ” stands for dinner jacket, hence “tuxedo”
Innate belonging at home with flipping sound husband (8)
My hands clutching a pen in America (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
My hands clutching a pen in America COR (=my, gosh, as exclamations) + [A in R L (=hands, i.e. right and left )]; a corral is a pen for driving cattle into on a ranch
Mark overwhelmed by huge rewards for performing well (6)
Mere hut is shaking and most affected by cold say (9)
Large current firm possibly appearing in a catalogue (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Large, current firm possibly appearing in a catalogue L (=large, of sizes) + I (=current, in physics) + STABLE (=firm, solid)
Shot drunk by good friend broadly speaking (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Shot drunk by good friend, broadly speaking LOB (=shot, in tennis) in [G (=good) + ALLY (=friend)]
Left beside desert island able to think clearly (8)
Caught say someone who nicks? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Caught, say, someone who nicks? C (=caught, on cricket scorecard) + UTTER (=say, deliver); to nick is to make a small cut
Member in dailies every so often making claim (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Member in dailies every so often making claim LEG (=member, limb) in <d> A <i> L <i> E <s> (“every so often” means alternate letters only are used)
Serves drinks cold after energy returns (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Serves drinks cold after energy returns E (=energy) + [C (=cold, i.e. on tap) in LETS (=serves, in tennis)]; e.g. to return an MP (to Parliament) is to elect one
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