Across
Bold vigorous and exuberant old queen coming in naked (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O (abbreviation for old) + QU (abbreviation for queen) inserted into BARE (naked). For once, “old queen” isn’t ER and “naked” doesn’t mean dropping the first and last letters of something. Descriptive of a particular style in art and architecture.
Uncouth mostly noisy? This should be corrected (7)
Significant article in Bild to follow about the other material? (9)
Succeed in recalling number in European employment (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
N (abbreviation for number), inserted into E (abbreviation for European) + USE (as a noun = employment), all reversed (recalling . . .). Succeed = ensue = follow.
Nothing stupid about university’s reproach (5)
Essential in reduced scheme involving insurance (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IN + TRIC [k] (scheme, in the sense of something deceptive or underhand) without the last letter (reduced), containing (involving) INS (abbreviation for insurance).
God is tripartite confused one trying to mislead his audience (15)
Rely almost entirely on a new church for sympathetic response (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RES [t] (rely) without the last letter (almost entirely), then ON A + N (abbreviation for new) + CE (abbreviation for Church of England). Sound or vibration in response to something else nearby vibrating at the same frequency.
Child comprehending Arabic form of divination (5)
Clever when going round large Dutch town (5)
Pasta tubes wild outrageous Italian in origin (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MANIC (wild) + OTT (abbreviation for “over the top” = outrageous) + first letter (origin) of I [talian]. Not a variety of pasta I’d heard of, but guessable; there are so many types that I’m quite prepared to believe there are some I’ve never come across. Wikipedia tells me that they’re an Italian-American thing, a bit like cannelloni; the name means “little sleeves”.
A few always blocking cut in demand (7)
Wind round and round filling small opening (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O + O (round and round), filling CHINK (a small opening or crack). A warm westerly wind in western North America: wet near the coast, drier inland after it’s gone over mountains.
Down
Pressing awkwardly about sign of hesitation produces ill-temper (10)
Question penned by schoolmaster perhaps: mark making you look embarrassed (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
QU (abbreviation for question) contained in (penned by) SIR (traditional address to a male teacher), then M (abbreviation for mark, as in the old German currency Deutsche Mark or DM).
First turn finds something impeding progress? (8)
Part of plant left among trees after spades stolen (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (abbreviation for left), inserted into FORE [s] T (trees) without the S (abbreviation for spades, in playing cards). An individual flower as part of a larger composite flower.
Contemplative believer to leave after touring uphill location (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
QUIT (to leave), around (touring) SITE (location) reversed (uphill = upwards in a down clue).
Feel nostalgia for half of US state (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Half of the US state MISS [ouri].
Sport for 15 requiring hardly any of the deck? (14)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Definition and cryptic definition. Three-card trick = a deception performed by a prestidigitator (15 across). Trick = a group of playing cards taken together during a game; three cards is a small part of a full deck of 52.
Pacific resident initially displayed in a bid for praise possibly (14)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (initially) of D [isplayed], in an anagram (possibly) of A BID FOR PRAISE . Extended definition: male birds of paradise generally have brightly-coloured feathers to attract a mate.
Summer’s initial ripening not at first covering everywhere? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Initial letter of S [ummer], then [m] ATURATION (ripening) without its first letter.
Medicine money and time involved in treatment (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TIN (slang for money), then T (abbreviation for time) inserted into CURE (a successful treatment). Medicine in which the active ingredient is dissolved in alcohol.
Famous painting representing e.g. a primarily calamitous ruin (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (re-presenting = rearranging) of EG + A + first letter (primarily) of C [alamitous] + RUIN . Extended definition: a painting by Picasso in response to the 1937 bombing of the town of Guernica.
Active doctor diving into river (6)
Warning not taken up about feature of several US TV series? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NOT reversed (taken up = upwards in a down clue), around CSI (abbreviation for Crime Scene Investigation: there have been several TV series with this title set in different locations). An alarm signal, especially one made by ringing a bell.
Volcanic material I dropped from use after reflection (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AVA [i] L (use, as in “no avail” = no use), reversed (after reflection), with the letter I dropped.
Type letters or click words in the clue