Across
Figure prat out one for some drug-users to avoid (10)
Able to steal a car (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Able to steal a car A in FIT (=able, capable)
Rescuer left one month before you returned (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Rescuer left one month you returned L (=left) + I (=one) + FEB (=month, i.e. February) + UOY (YOU; “returned” indicates reversal)
Tennis star one with vices (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
is an Italian tennis star AND a sinner is a person committing sins, hence “one with vices”
Suppress outbursts about half-cut lech (6)
Mole caught: celebrity is aware (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Mole caught: celebrity is aware Homophone (“caught”) of “star (=celebrity) knows (is aware)”; the N American starnose is a mole with a star-shaped nose!
New ginger nuts extremely brittle with an indefinable quality (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
New ginger nuts extremely brittle, with an indefinable quality *(GINGER NUTS + B <rittl> E ); “extremely” means first and last letters only are used in anagram, indicated by “new”; e.g. a genre-busting novel is one that is hard to classify in a generally accepted genre
Mention fat in complex educational programme? (12)
Detective Inspector Black beginning to restrain someone who stops things working (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Detective Inspector Black beginning to restrain someone who stops things working DI (=Detective Inspector) + SABLE (=black) + R <estrain> (“beginning to” means first letter only)
Panic as hoodlum drinks resin (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Panic, as hoodlum drinks resin Hidden (“drinks”) in “pani C AS HOO dlum”; cashoo (or catechu) is a water-soluble astringent resinous substance obtained from certain tropical plants
Brave group of American lawyers? (6)
Mystery wide brick? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Mystery wide brick? W (=wide, in cricket) + HOD UNIT (=brick?; cryptically, if a hod is a brick-carrier, then a brick could be described as a “hod unit”!)
Bird starts to tend eggs right now (4)
Almost crazy to describe boobs in salacious novel (10)
Down
South American plant close to spectacular horse racing venue (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
South American plant close to spectacular horse racing venue <spectacula> R (“close to” means last letter only) + AINTREE (=horse-racing venue, where Grand National is held)
Two irrational figures making food in case (3)
Parasite following follower of Mark (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Parasite following follower of Mark F (=following) + LUKE (=follower of Mark, in order of Gospels in NT); a liver fluke, say, is a type of parasite
Less worried taking year to probe American epic hero (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Less worried, taking year to probe American epic hero [Y (=year) in *(LESS)] in US (=American); “worried” is anagram indicator
Conductor of musical work now popular after upturn (9)
Is furious about grandma getting regularly barged around in horseplay (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Is furious about grandma getting regularly barged around in horseplay [NAN (=grandma) + DGA (“regularly” means alternate letters of <b> A <r> G <e> D only; “around” indicates reversal) in FUMES (=is furious)
A flirt relaxed (6)
Creepy sensation on skin in establishment infested with lice essentially (11)
Claim mischievous child has marvellous revolutionary jargon (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Claim mischievous child has marvellous revolutionary jargon BAG (=claim (for oneself), appropriate) + ELF (=mischievous child) + FAB (=marvellous); “revolutionary” indicates reversal; bafflegab is professional logorrhoea, often intended to confuse or obfuscate
Local occasionally outbid me very quickly (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Local occasionally outbid me very quickly INN (=local, tavern) + O <u> T <b> I <d> (“occasionally” means alternate letters only) + ME
Restart argument overcome by slight (7)
Unknown Scandinavian tackles international footballing legend (6)
Nothing stops search in ravine (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Nothing stops search in ravine O (=nothing, pictorially) in COMB (=search (for), scour); a coomb is a short deep valley, hence “ravine”
They deliver emotional highs (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
They deliver // emotional highs Double definition: UPS is a parcel delivery company AND ups are emotional highs, cf. uppers
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