Across
Pretty dated, like comedians Benny and Harry? (2,3,2,3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
The entry references two British comedians, Benny HILL [1924 – 1992] and Harry HILL [born 1964] and links them to their ages.
Tesla with smart technology starts to go astray in forest (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T (a derived SI unit, the unit of magnetic flux density- named after Nikolai TESLA [1856 – 1943], Serbian-American engineer, futurist, and inventor) + AI (Artificial Intelligence [smart technology]) + GA (first letters of each of G o and A stray)
Hardy pine rebuffed infernal thing (4-5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LONG (ache; pine) + DEVIL (chief spirit of evil; an infernal thing) reversed (rebuffed)
13a
(and 13 Across) Stimulating discontented nation, ad in Indy ushered in next age of Methuselah (4,7,3,5-4)
See 11 Across
Goats and sheep regularly knocked back green stuff for dinner (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OTSEP ( letters 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 [regularly] of g O a T s S h E e P ) reversed (knocked back)
English court adopting the French style (5)
Mocks held by those controlling pupils (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SAT (held; Chambers Thesaurus gives ‘hold’ as a synonym for sit) + IRISES (the muscles of the IRIS control the size of the pupils in the eye)
Youngsters getting kind of onion with layers (6,8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SPRING (reference SPRING onions with small bulbs with long leaves, often used as salad vegetables) + CHICKENS (birds who lay eggs; layers)
One half of couple picking up food from Chinese restaurant (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CHOPSTICK – I can’t see any wordplay other than the whole clue acting a cryptic definition of the entry
Cryptic enigmatically features ancient folk (5)
My hot new setting puzzled person of a certain age (6-9)
Down
Staggered like hedonist getting drunk (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AS (like) + an anagram of (getting drunk) HEDONIST *
Hunter – one that's charged after soldiers (5)
The lady demolished extra pasty (7)
Initially sharp nail filed down here? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S ( first letter of [initially] S HARP) + T ALON (claw; hooked nail) excluding the first letter (filed down) T
Those most in need of bread depended on priests, essentially (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HUNG (depended on) + RIEST ( central letters [essentially] of p RIEST s)
Hidden source of MDMA located in raid (5,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (MDMA is the scientific name of the drug ecstasy [ E ]) contained in (located in) HOLD UP (a raid)
Stirring novels set in romantic locations (4,5)
Set of players communicated frustration to audience (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SIDE ( sounds like (to audience) SIGHED [communicated frustration])
Bewitching bands use pipes (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
POSSES (bands or groups of friends and associates; group of law enforcement officers) + SING (‘pipes’ means sings in a high voice)
Axes cut perfect wooden instrument (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
X and Y (the axes used in coordinate geometry for instance) + LOP (cut) + HONE (to sharpen or polish to a perfect finish; to perfect)
Stars and stripes possibly involved GIs in a sin (9)
Coordinated kit ultimately spoilt tennis player's aim? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T ( last letter of [ultimately] SPOIL T + WIN SET (the goal of a tennis player)
Paper from shop with some hit piece rolled up (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RECEIPT ( reversed [up; down entry] hidden word in [some] HI T PIECE R OLLED)
"Hotel all right?" "I don't know what to tell you – it's rubbish" (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
H (Hotel is the international radio communication codeword for the letter H ) + OK (all right) + UM (expression used by a speaker when indicating doubt saying I don’t know the answer)
Half the periodic table needed by one fragrant substance (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ELEM ( first 4 of 8 [half] l etters in ELEM ents [the periodic table is a table of chemical ELEM ents) + I (Roman numeral for one)
Maybe Miss Jean Brodie snuck out, forgetting all about primes (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S NU C K O U T excluding (out) letters 2, 3, 5, and 7 [all prime numbers] to leave SCOT
Type letters or click words in the clue