Across
4a
(and 4 Across) They inspired Shakespeare with "... for a horse!" and sets at play (4,2,3,5)
See 1 Across
A reworking of Eros myth leads to ...? (3,4,3,5)
It's kind of me to follow Queen Liz's successor (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
R (Regina; queen) + – ISH (suffix forming adjectives signifying: somewhat, like, kind of, or similar to) + I (me)
Like Liz Taylor or James Dean, one's not featured in main sequence (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I am not sure of the parsing for this. It may be a reference to GIANT STA i R s (for GIANT ‘s Causeway in Northern Ireland near the sea [main]) excluding (not) I (one) to form GIANT STAR, but this doesn’t seem quite right to me
Hamper containing cold, posh sandwich filling perhaps? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CUMBER (hinder; hamper) containing (containing) ( C [cold] + U [upper-class;posh])
Composer introduces tenor to group (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BACH (reference one of the many classical composers with the surname BACH ) containing (introduces) T (tenor)
Furniture maker seen in designer collection (5)
Bradman hit for six, got bowled out, not out for a duck (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of (hit for six) b RADMAN excluding (got … out) B (bowled) + IN (opposite of out; not out)
Labour leader fighting Tory seat in Bury (3,2,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L ( first letter of [leader] L abour) + an anagram of (fighting) TORY SEAT
Endlessly call Ivy back home (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(c ALL IV y excluding the outer letters [endlessly]) reversed (back)
Hole's Courtney with The Smiths' Johnny at one time produced Sinatra song (4,3,8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LOVE (reference Courtney LOVE [born 1964], American singer, founder of the alternative rock band Hole) + ( AND ) + MARR (reference Johnny MARR [born 1963] formerly guitarist and songwriter with the band The Smiths) + I (Roman numeral for one) + AGE ([period of] time)
Seafaring lady embraces boy (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MARIE (name of a lady) containing (embraces) TIM (name for a boy)
Gets engaged and he gets into trouble (6)
Down
State alternatives to steam dessert (5,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WATER (a liquid; a state different to steam [water in its gaseous state]) + ICE (a solid, another state [water in a solid state], different to steam which is a gas)
Trots round middle of field to get grass (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
REDS (Trotskyists [Trots]) containing (round) E ( central letter of [middle of] fi E ld)
Working with a new philosophy: self-love (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ON (working) + A + N (new) + – ISM (suffix indicating the full word is likely to be a philosophy)
Turkish delight? Almost cut in two by one's husband (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HALV e (cut in two) excluding the final letter (almost) + A (one) + H (husband)
Old tablet was found here being refurbished at store (7)
At athletics, for example, Mark's a fast runner (6,3)
One 'Queen of Crime' for example's framing another queen (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SAY’S (for example’s) containing (framing) ER (Elizabeth Regina, another Queen)
A union that may be full of divisions (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LEAGUE (the English Football LEAGUE , for instance, is currently comprises three divisions – Champonship, League One and League Two)
To take deliveries, postpone until next time (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CARRY (take) + OVER (a set of deliveries in cricket)
Principle Theo abandoned to get some sleep (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
theo REM (a demonstrable or established but not self-evident principle) excluding (abandoned) THEO
Resolves not to start diverting journeys (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
f UN (diverting) + t RAVELS (journeys) with the first letters F and T excluded from each word (not to start)
Love to complain about reception. It raises a stink (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( O [character representing zero [love score in tennis] + RANT [complain]) containing (about) DO (party; reception)
Car in last place slowly getting off the mark (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ASTRA (reference a Vauxhall ASTRA [model of car]) + Y (final letter of [in last place] slowl Y )
Christian church that's against separating like this (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
V (versus; against) contained in (separating) ( DIOR [reference Christian DIOR [1905 – 1957], French fashion designer] + CE [Church of England])
Love? Couple starting to knock about, it's all downhill (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SLAM (knock) containing (about) LO ( first [starting to] two [couple] of letters in LO ve)
Rarely what champagne retailers do, discarding one litre (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SEL l DOM ( DOM Perignon is a brand of vintage champagne that wine merchants will sell) excluding (discarding) one the L s (litre) – either L could be one discarded
Resisting after initially loving vow (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L ( first letter of [initially] Loving) + OATH (a vow)
Type letters or click words in the clue