Across
Fancy new outfit collected by counter-agent (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (new) of OUTFIT , contained in (collected by) REP (short for representative = agent) reversed (counter). Fancy = petit four = a small but often elaborate cake.
Firestarter has introduction from Fearne Cotton (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (introduction) from F [earne], then LINT (cotton fluff, or a fluffy cotton fabric). Stone that can be struck with steel to produce a spark.
Fantastic low header from Bobby Moore creating space (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (fantastic) of LOW + first letter (header) of B [obby] + MOORE .
4d
(and 4 Down) Reindeer chasing housewife of 21 is old Dasher? (5,7)
One foreign worker is let go (6)
Snoop covering naked weapon like a prude (8)
Journalist in The Mirror claiming rehabilitation of Boris to take off (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ED (short for editor = journalist) reversed (in the mirror), containing (claiming) an anagram (rehabilitation) of BORIS . I don’t think the grammar is quite right here. You can disrobe (take off your own clothes), or disrobe someone else (take off their clothes); but I don’t think “he disrobed his coat” works, for example.
23 goes drinking bubbly occasionally (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PEES (goes = slang for urinates), containing (drinking) alternate letters (occasionally) from B [u] B [b] L [y]. Reference to 23d STONES.
Issue besetting learner over slice (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ESCAPE (issue, as a verb, as in water escaping from a broken pipe), containing (besetting) L (abbreviation for learner, as in L-plate) + O (abbreviation for over, in cricket scoring). A slice of meat, usually coated in breadcrumbs and fried.
Strange company taking on H from Steps (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RUM (strange = unusual) + BA (I assume this means the airline whose full name is British Airways plc, but “company” is not the most helpful definition if that’s the case), containing H . For the surface, “H” is the stage name of one of the members of 1990s dance band Steps. The dance (steps) otherwise spelled rumba.
Funny business with a lot of rodents (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CO (abbreviation for company = business) + MIC [e] (rodents) without the last letter (a lot of . . . but not all).
Stream Metallica's latest tracks following endless praise (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letter (latest) of [metallic] A + RY (abbreviation for railway = tracks), following TRIBUT [e] (praise) without its end letter. A stream or small river that flows into a larger one (rather than directly into the sea).
18d
(and 18 Down) Animated character in Top Boy upset by speculation (5,4)
European queen behind supermarket (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ER (the late Queen Elizabeth) after ICELAND (UK supermarket chain specialising in frozen foods).
Down
He performed Magic Mike with topless barman (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
M (Mike in the radio alphabet) + [b] ERLIN (Irving Berlin, US composer, for which “barman” is a common crossword trick) without the first letter (topless, in a down clue). Wizard from the legend of King Arthur.
Criminal Dr No is stealing gold museum piece (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (criminal = wrong) of DR NO IS , containing (stealing) AU (Au = chemical symbol for gold, from Latin aurum ). Perhaps a skeleton on display in the Natural History Museum; or dinosaur = museum piece = slang for something old and outdated.
Handmaid is 100% upset getting interrupted by king (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DEFFO (slang shortening of definitely = 100%) reversed (upset = upwards in a down clue), interrupted by R (abbreviation for king, from Latin Rex ). Title character in The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.
See 10 Across
Supporters heading off in scores (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[t] ALLIES (scores = running totals), with the first letter (heading) taken off.
Celebrity getting into the Spanish hard stuff (6)
Extra roomy (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition. Wide = a ball bowled in cricket that isn’t within the permitted target area, which results in an “extra” = a run added to the batting team’s score; or the opposite of narrow.
Dicky Bird's pecker needing no introduction (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[b] ILL (beak = bird’s pecker) without the first letter (introduction). Dicky, as in “a dicky tummy” = unwell.
Cool band (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition. Cool! = a slang expression indicating agreement; or the British prog-rock band formed in 1968 and still going, albeit with many changes of line-up.
Expected fight to finish early (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DUE [l] (a fight between two people to settle a disagreement), without the last letter (to finish early).
Jessica Simpson holding retro bag (3)
See 29 Across
Surgeon caught wasted on smack (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Homophone (caught = heard) of BLEW (wasted, as a verb, in the sense of spending a lot of money in a short time on luxuries or gambling), then TANG (smack = a taste). Surgeon = surgeonfish; the “blue tang” (for example Dory in Finding Nemo ) is a variety of surgeonfish.
Bored silly with designer foundation (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (silly) of BORED , then CK (abbreviation used by the fashion designer Calvin Klein).
Tennis establishment to John McEnroe was ultimately the pits (6)
Greedy daughter exits having swallowed fly (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AVI [d] (greedy) without the D (daughter), then ATE (swallowed). Fly, as a verb, as in “aviator” = someone who pilots an aircraft.
Undressed 23 pretty much drained after massage (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BLE [d] (drained) without the last letter (pretty much = nearly all), after RUB (massage). Reference to 23d STONES; rubble = stones that haven’t been dressed (shaped or polished) .
Row 2 (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition. Slang for a noisy argument = row; or a reference to 2d DINOSAUR = title character of the US cartoon series Barney and Friends .
Type letters or click words in the clue