Across
Compelling chap to eat rice crackers (8)
Young father's letter to Grecian (6)
Bird disease restricts rook (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
COVID (disease) containing (restricts) R (rook)
Publican lying about payment to host organised rave (8)
Journalist ringing alien is cut off (9)
Family doctor on TV (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HOUSE (reference Dr Gregory HOUSE in the American medical drama television series HOUSE ) double definition
Build up A-Team in speech (6)
Tea inspiring memory for quality of colour (6)
Both sides in dispute right to show anger (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D AND E (letters at each side of the word D isput E ) + R (right)
Band from way back - nemesis of Pan's People? (6)
Chasing some secret fantasies in retirement (5)
Tailors struggling with the belly of Neil Diamond (9)
Weapons fail to hit Martinique and Guadeloupe? (8)
Over in Big Bash final for Mitch Marsh (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( O [over] contained in [in] SLUG [a big bash]) + H (last letter of [final] MITC H ) – Mitch Marsh is an Australian cricketer who frequently plays in the Australian Big Bash T-20 cricket tournament. The 2024 / 2025 tournament begins very soon, on Sunday 15th December)
Marvin was one disheartened android in programme (6)
Boy she's playing with the heart of Peter Sellers (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of (paying ) BOY SHE’S and (with) T (central letter of [heart of] PE T ER)
Down
Social media company invested in O stock (3)
Maybe Trent Alexander-Arnold finally leaving club (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D RIVER (golf club) excluding (leaving) D ( last letter of [finally] Alexander-Arnol D ) – Trent Alexander-Arnold is currently a player with Liverpool Football Club
Nick Knowles ultimately accepting 3 contracts (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( INDENT [to notch; to nick] + S [ last letter of {ultimately} KNOWLE S ]) containing (accepting) URE (the URE is a RIVER [entry at 3 down] that flows through Wensleydale in Yorkshire) – Nick Knowles is an English television presenter.
English supporter infiltrating empty stadium gets respect (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (English) + ( TEE [supporter {of a golf ball}] contained in [infiltrating] SM [ letters remaining in S TADIU M when the central letters TADIU are removed {empty}])
Last golf tour on Earth (4)
Fill up tyre on VW traveller (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CRAM (stuff; fill) reversed (up; down entry) + O (tyre-shaped letter) + POLO (example of a Volkswagen [VW] car)
Animal could be Cat in the Hat ? (11)
No.10 is hot and cold (11)
Perhaps the mat for the cat is the place to be? (10)
Talked about poetry in digital format (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( ON [about] + VERSE [poetry]) contained in (in) CD (compact disc; a digital format)
She's mad about men and animals (6)
Love for Charlie in series of letters home (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AB C DE (series of letters at the beginning of the alphabet) with O (character representing zero [love score at tennis]) replacing (for) C (Cocaine; Charlie) to form AB O DE
Late fruit picked up (4)
Make fun of bloke (3)
Type letters or click words in the clue