Across
Make challenging basket (6)
Dock sent back tough fish (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Clip<(=dock) + hard(=tough)
Mobile places stocking new glass protector (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Places* around n{ew}
Do replace content in slang with established language (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Hindi replacing the content of s[lan]g
He's stuffed waffle to come close to encapsulating Belgium (14)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Padding(=waffle) + (to near) around B{elgium}. I wasn’t aware that Paddington was a stuffed bear – I’d always assumed he was meant to be a real bear from Peru, so not entirely sure on the definition.
Some cocksure talk retracted in future (5)
Throw goes with current entryway carpet (9)
Polite sign-off after count (9)
Swim club here ejecting old royal (5)
After week will he bin Pac-Man to play this? (14)
Thankless sort chosen for office grind (7)
Appraise retro chopper from my collection (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Axe<(=chopper) + mine(=from my collection)
Secured Asian holiday with her newsroom boss ... (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Tet(=Vietnamese New Year, famously known from the “Tet Offensive”) + her + ed{itor}
... if not one in France to a smaller extent (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Un(=French for one) + less(=to a smaller extent)
Down
Only sounded religious (4)
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Hom of wholly(=only)
Island cocktail (9)
Person making cryptic requires space and fresh decor (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
En(=space in printing) + decor*
Tiny map perhaps – it covers three points (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
It around N, S and E(=three compass points)
Fried item almost neutralising wine (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Chi[p](=fried item) + anti(=neutralising). Anti for neutralising seems a bit odd – I assume it’s in the sense of an antiseptic or antigen i.e. something that cancels out something else.
Confuse swaying steps with splits (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[W]addle – swaying steps is a waddle that has “w{ith}” splitting i.e. leaving.
Who'll make setters beg ordered to set differently (10)
Suffer in pursuit of rubbish style (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Ache(=suffer) after pan(=rubbish in the sense of “to pan/rubbish something”)
Following cat duck plunged into drink where violence could flare (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
F{ollowing} + lash(=cat, as in cat o’ nine tails) + (pint(=drink) around o).
Last ones in company now spreading free bad apps? (7)
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Last letters of [compan]y [no]w in(=spreading) spare(=free)
Careful visiting temporary lodging I have (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
At(=visiting) + tent(=temporary lodging) + I’ve
Cheese ramen out-of-bounds fare for vegans (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Edam(=Dutch cheese) + [r]ame[n]. Edamame is an Asian side-dish of soybeans.
Monarchy curses fall (7)
Man heading off when people go out? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[K]night. A chess piece is called a “man”.
Superior pork pie brought round for one (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Lie(=pork pie) + e.g.(=for one)
Spot top scorer dropping back (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Mess[i]. The def refers to being “in a spot/mess”.
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