Across
Left us blocked by our CID, bumbling, absurd (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (abbreviation for left) + US , containing (blocked by) an anagram (bumbling) of OUR CID .
Anger about book, an authoritative text (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BILE (anger) around B (abbreviation for book).
Unprofitable bottling bit of vodka, on reflection, producing depression (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LEAN (not yielding much of a harvest = unprofitable), containing (bottling) the first letter (a bit) of V [odka], all reversed (on reflection).
Skyscraper maintenance issues? Jerks may apply elsewhere (4-5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
If maintenance in a skyscraper is neglected, the result may be DEAD (not working) LIFTS . Somewhat cryptic definition: dead-lift and jerk are techniques used in different forms of weightlifting.
Not entirely remarkable English story (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I think this is TAL [l] (as in a tall story = one that’s hard to believe and probably not true = remarkable) without the last letter (not entirely), then E (abbreviation for English).
Pass time surrounded by swirling aurora - lots of decorative stuff here (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
COL (a mountain pass between two peaks), then T (abbreviation for time) surrounded by an anagram (swirling) of AURORA . Musical term for a melody sung by a soloist (usually soprano) with lots of ornamentation: trills, runs of fast notes, and/or generally showing off.
Part of skeleton in cupboard looks originally a crime involving lake (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Initial letters (originally) of C [upboard] L [ooks], then A VICE (a crime) containing L (abbreviation for lake). Otherwise known as the collarbone.
I’m taken aback during religious sermon (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I’M reversed (taken aback), inserted into HOLY (religious).
Woman’s pursuing scoundrel? You bet! (6)
Poor and indistinct, going round and round front of garage at the end of the day (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
THIN (poor = insubstantial) + DIM (indistinct), all reversed (going round), containing (round) the first letter (front) of G [arage].
Disciple turned to welcome corrupt neophytes (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SON (disciple = a follower of a particular teacher) reversed (turned), containing (to welcome) VITIATE (to corrupt or spoil). Novitiate = a novice (neophyte), or the state of being one.
Dismal nonsense dismissing a Government (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BL [ag] UE (pretentious talk without any real content = nonsense), without A + G (abbreviation for government). Dismal = blue = unhappy.
Person of property’s path runs around upland (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LANE (path) + R (abbreviation for runs, in cricket scoring), around DOWN (old word for a hill, as in the South Downs in south-eastern England = upland).
A sailor keeping power right on standard setting (2,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A TAR (slang for a sailor) containing P (abbreviation for power).
Obligations to hold on to money in contemporary conditions (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TIES (obligations, perhaps as in “family ties”) containing M (abbreviation for money).
His home, with King and Duke, possibly a hereditary state (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (possibly) of HIS HOME + K + D (abbreviations for King and Duke).
Down
Nautical (at sea) skipping an area that’s crazy (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (at sea = shaken up) of NAUTIC [a] L with one A (abbreviation for area) removed.
Dust storm was rising (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LIVED (existed in the past = was) reversed (rising = upwards in a down clue). Otherwise known as a dust devil: a small whirlwind in a hot dry region.
Line brought in fish from the Arctic? (4)
Charmingly fogyish over argument turning up between Lords (3-5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O (abbreviation for over, in cricket scoring), then ROW (an argument) reversed (turning up, in a down clue) between LD + LD (abbreviation for lord, twice).
Companion consumed, swallowed by pig (6)
One that may ring pop star, extracting money, implying poison (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BELL (something that may ring) + [m] ADONNA (US pop star) without the M (abbreviation for money). Poison from the plant commonly known as deadly nightshade.
Polluting modified biofuel? No good (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (modified) of BIOFUEL , then NG (abbreviation for no good).
City to suspend importing sulphur drug (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EC (abbreviation for the financial district of London known as “The City”, from its East Central postcode) + STAY (suspend = temporarily halt), containing S (chemical symbol for sulphur). The drug otherwise known as E or MDMA.
Having debauched line with coitus? (10)
Treatment for poison never used in Vietnam, sadly (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NO (no! = never! = an emphatic denial) in an anagram (sadly) of VIETNAM .
Confusion about web and about conifer (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PIE (a mess = confusion, especially in old-style printing where it means a jumble of unsorted movable-type letters), around NET (web) + RE (about = on the subject of).
Jewellery item allowed in decorative hair (7)
Proposition those people to accept output of quarry (7)
Team from Southampton isn’t seen aboard ship (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AIN’T (colloquial form of “isn’t”) inserted into SS (abbreviation for steamship). Nickname for Southampton Football Club (from their origins as a team associated with St Mary’s Church in the city; the club’s ground is called St Mary’s Stadium).
Body chemical, with iodine and phosphorus, found in part of eye (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I + P (chemical symbols for iodine and phosphorus) in LID (eyelid = part of the eye). Part of the structure of cell membranes.
Depth vessel, as in the hadal zone? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D (abbreviation for depth) + ARK (Noah’s boat in the Old Testament = vessel). Hadal zone = the deepest part of the ocean, in trenches on the ocean floor, well beyond the reach of sunlight.
Type letters or click words in the clue