Across
Navy general appearing in the paper? (5)
Midlands locality of more than one witch trial (8)
Ancestor of King George who was raised in an orphanage? (7)
Green plastic Cava bottles one's opening before party (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘plastic’) of CAVA O (first letter or ‘opening’ of one) before DO (party)
Unusual route to Split (5)
Something forbidden by old duke is displayed within columns (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TABU (something forbidden) LATE (old) D (duke)
Game of pool ruined by Frenchman on the 4th of July (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘ruined’) of POOL M (Frenchman) ON and Y (4th letter in July)
Smart bassist in gabardine trousers (5)
One spotted in Hiroshima on vacation eating Japanese bread (5)
Expression from Sicily - the hearts of girls and women stray (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘stray’) of SICILY and R and M – the middle letters or ‘hearts of girls and women’
Riches with time comfort one son moving to the Far East (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T (time) REASSURE (comfort) with one S (son) moving to the end or ‘Far East’
An Italian capitalist perhaps releasing new perfume (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A ROMA n (Italian capitalist) losing or ‘releasing’ N (new)
Dogs start to sprint after me (7)
Expose one in the Tuileries left snorting coke beside tree (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UN (one in French or ‘in the Tuileries’) L (left) around or ‘snorting C (coke) beside OAK (tree)
I see one woman cuddling another (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I C (see) being ‘cuddled by’ ANGELA (one woman)
Tick off the third item in list - that which is indicated by C (5)
Down
Meteorological phenomenon of rising gas originally seen over part of London (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OF (reversed or ‘rising’) G (first letter of Gas or ‘originally’) over BOW (part of London) – a new word for us
Precise old knife thrower? (5)
Fruit drink containing twisted lime peel (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TANGO (drink) around LE (the outside or ‘peel’ of lime) reversed or ‘twisted’. We needed all the crossing letters for this one.
This man's filling empty cricket box (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HE’S (this man’s) inside or ‘filling’ C ricke T (first and last letters only or ’empty’)
By way of London-Edinburgh road Victor heads north (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AI (London Edinburgh road) V (Victor) reversed or ‘heading north’)
Chinese food in the bottom of bin bags (7)
With millions spent team trains vigorously and wins again (9)
Silver's stored in spy base where someone's bound to have it (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AG (silver) in BOND (spy) E (base – as used in Maths)
Times a (5)
Binged on Homeland parts 4 6 and (9)
One eradicating squeaks by skinning voles and putting one in river (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OLE (inside only or ‘skinned’ v OLE s ) around I or ‘putting one in’ R (river)
Purest smack smuggled into Europe and America? (7)
Stark naked faun next to trees frolicking (7)
Odds and ends from cash auction collapse on top of salesman (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C as H A uctio N C ollaps E (first and last letters or ‘ends’ only) on S (first letter or ‘top’ of Salesman)
Balls beyond football pitch getting left (6)
Small gold and navy adult sweaters are in here (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S (small) AU (gold) N (navy) A (adult)
Moulding love verse on logs - just the top halves (5)
In sleighs kids travel through the snow (3)
Type letters or click words in the clue