Across
Short tree-lined road in Leeds perhaps shows pothole? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AV ( AV enue [tree-lined road) contained in (in) CITY (Leeds is an example of an English city)
Template used for a decoration (8)
Rebellious Republican overruled by Democrat more than is necessary (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UN R ULY (rebellious) with R (Republican) replaced by (overruled by) D (Democrat)
Ninety tablets hidden in body parts - that's too much! (2,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( XC [Roman numerals for 90] + ES [ecstasy tablets]) contained in (hidden in) TOES (body parts)
Book review of Life in France includes street event on the South coast (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
B (book) + ( LA VIE [French for life; Life in France] reversed [review] containing [includes] ST [event])
Co-author? (3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PEN PAL (co-author is a cryptic definition of PEN PAL )
Criticised loudly being spellbound (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RAPT ( sounds like [loudly] RAPPED [criticised])
Early warning: terribly bad news shortly coming around (6,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of (terribly) BAD NEW S excluding the last letter (shortly) S , containing (coming around) FORE (warning shouted on a golf course when a ball might hit someone)
Italian national strangely welcomes extremists from Piemonte but not together (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of (strangely) NATIONAL containing (welcomes) P and E ( outer letters of [extremists] P iemont E ) i n separate positions (but not together)
Friendly type (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
KIND (sort; type) double definition
French detective ignoring head of MI6, it's a feather in his cap (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
M AIGRET (French fictional detective created by Georges Simenon [1903 – 1989], Belgian author) excluding (ignoring) M (first letter [head of] M I6)
Demand family member to break into end of conversation (6,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SIS ( SIS ter; family member) contained in (to break) INTO ) + N ( last letter of [end of] conversatio N
Maybe see twinkles, giving quick looks (3-5)
Piece of music arranged in record time? The opposite (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( EP [Extended Play record] + T ) contained in (in) SET (arranged) – this is the opposite of the words in the clue ‘arranged in record time’.
Seconds away from ex-PM, not telling the truth, having a fight (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T R USS (reference Liz TRUSS [born 1975], UK Prime Minister from 5th September 2022 to 24th October 2022) excluding the second letter (second away) R + L Y ING (not telling the truth) excluding the second letter (second away) Y
For Macron nothing separates France from Germany, an ally (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RIEN (French [President Macron] for ‘nothing’) contained in (separates) ( F [International Vehicle Registration for France] + D [International Vehicle Registration for Germany])
Down
Charlie's a big awkward person, one who loves nightlife (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C (cocaine [Charlie]) + LUBBER [awkward, big, clumsy person])
As mentioned earlier corrupt adviser's happy to intervene (4,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UP (happy) contained in (to intervene) an anagram of (corrupt) ADVISER
One's supporting unbelievable composer (6)
Book a singer-songwriter called Tori (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AMOS (reference the American singer-songwriter Tori AMOS [born 1963]) double definition
Sociologist's network swamped by rising River Test (3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WEB (network) contained in (swamped by) ( R [river] + EXAM [test]) all reversed [rising; down entry])
Belgian city in which you won't find an insignificant person (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AN TWERP (Belgian city) excluding (in which you won’t find) AN
Lead character in Sophocles' Electra (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EPSILON (E, first letter of [lead] E lectra [play written by Sophocles])
Appropriate appearance to become widely known (4,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TAKE (steal; appropriate) + AIR (appearance)
Pub changing hands at last: drama for Swiss lakeside town (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LOCA L (pub) changing the final letter from L [left hand] to R [right hand] – changing hands) + NO (traditional Japanese style of drama)
Old Greek prince maybe let loose (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ARISTO ( ARISTO crat [a prince for example]) + an anagram of (loose) LET
A person involved in blame game produces fertiliser (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ONE (a person) contained in (involved in) an anagram of (game) BLAME
Want some time off? Mr Davey goes away next (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NE ED A REST ? (want some time off?) excluding (goes away) ED (Reference ED Davey [born 1965], leader of the Liberal Democrats in the UK)
Gifted revolutionary, not dead (7)
Straight adult aboard ship (6)
Mathematician rejects answer but accepts 2.718 as estimate (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
G A USS (reference Carl Friedrich GAUSS [1777 – 1855], German mathematician) excluding (rejects) A (answer) but includes (accepts) E (e = 2.718…. is the base of Natural logarithms)
"Females only" sign (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O (character representing zero) + MEN — zero men implies ‘Females only’
Type letters or click words in the clue
