Across
12d
(and 12 Down) With Sinuous Sue on toadstool, boy endlessly agog is very shy (7,3,3,2,1,5)
Luxurious hotel removed sign of the cross? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PLUS h (luxurious) with the ‘h’ (hotel) removed
Royal family study form, disregarding all outsiders (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
s TUD y f OR m both missing the first and last letters or ‘disregarding all outsiders’
Beat friend hollow and scoffed (9)
Dare maybe in northern clubs to enter undressed for social (4,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DAN (Dan Dare, comic character) in N (northern) C (clubs) in or ‘entering’ BARE (undressed)
Strike with fear losing right old battle (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ALA r M (strike with fear) missing or ‘losing’ ‘r’ (right) + O (old)
Creature in love shortly after wrestling? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O (love) POS t (after) SUM o (wrestling) both missing the last letter or ‘shortly’
Revolutionary socialist cause in As You Like It? (2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘revolutionary’) of RED (socialist) ROOT (cause)
Cow up by Scottish loch (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OVER (up) AWE (Scottish loch)
Footie tournament with investment of bank: make killing (5,2)
Waist measurement potentially right (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘potentially’) of RIGHT
Cat just after occupying snug offers universal theory (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MOG (cat) ON (just after) ‘occupying’ COSY (snug) – a new word for us
Where fare goes down, Iago hopes, when travelling (9)
100 seen in backing current decree (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C (100 in roman numerals) in a reversal (‘backing’) of TIDE (current)
Antelope minus tail in dash (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ELAN d (antelope) missing the last letter or ‘minus tail’
Came down after siesta, subdued (10)
Down
Somewhat Conservative name Left must expel (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WE n T (left) missing or ‘expelling’ ‘n’ (name)
The German coming in brought to naught? That's rare (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DER (‘the’ in German) in UNDONE (brought to nought)
Daughter with a friend regularly took on challenge (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D (daughter) + A fRiEnD (alternate or ‘regular’ letters)
Male astride little horse in New Forest for instance (7)
Dodgy meal in time brings complaint (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘dodgy’) of MEAL IN T (time)
Fools seen in the French city (5)
Writing very quickly? Hey! Song part needs a rewrite! (11)
Garment long that covers first-class behind (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PINE (long) round or ‘covering’ A (first class) FOR (behind)
See 1 Across
Phaeton's redesigned as one-seater carriage (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘redesigned’) of PHAETON’S
Dusky fellow, Scotsman from Tayside city (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DUN (dusky) DON (fellow) IAN (Scotsman)
Leaderless coppers seizing throne in Vatican City? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
p ENCE (coppers) missing the first letter or ‘leaderless’ round or ‘seizing’ LAV (throne)
Sophist from Civil Service touring ace Hebridean islands (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CS (Civil Service) round or ‘touring’ A (ace) + UIST (Hebridean Islands – North and South Uist) – yet another new word for us but as we walked the Hebridean Way last year we were familiar with North and South Uist.
Marley was one coming in for a start (5)
Final letter from duck sitting on mammoth (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O (duck – zero) MEGA (mammoth)
Rise of Little Dorothy Fox (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘rise’) of DOT (contracted form of Dorothy). We had to check the definition in Chambers. We did think there may be a film star called Tod Fox when we solved the clue. It is however an old English word for fox.
Type letters or click words in the clue