Across
One about to be dismissed from church leaves (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BASIL ica (church) with I (one) CA (about) missing or ‘dismissed’
Lost mail's flustered skier? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘flustered’) of LOST MAIL’S
Pasta sauce on boring pasta for example Adrian regularly ignored (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ON inside or ‘boring’ CARB (pasta for example) and AdRiAn (alternate letters only or ‘regularly ignored’)
College student hides pass (5)
Perhaps Harry is suspicious male? (6)
Figures getting independence for Yorkshire ultimately ... (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ELLIPS e S (figures) with I (independence) replacing E (last or ‘ultimate’ letter of Yorkshire)
Judicial investigation working to protect one under consideration (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
INQUEST (judicial investigation) ON (working) around or ‘protecting’ I (one)
Company provided headwear (4)
Try nearly everything to get to target (4)
Very alternative clothes for one prophet (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SO (very) OTHER (alternative) around or ‘clothing’ SAY (for one)
Courage to take date around parties (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘around’) of SPUNK (courage) around SEE (date)
Millions leaving semi-permanent accommodation close to Barking flagged communication method (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WIGWA m (semi-permanent accommodation) with M (millions missing or ‘leaving’) and G (last letter or ‘close’ to Barking). We had never heard of this method of communicating with flags – we only knew about semaphore.
Director cut corner (5)
Focussed on old European Union? Bizarre (9)
Criminals in government? Strange - that's disrupted introduction of standards (9)
Eventually arrive at nude dancing parlour's entrance (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘dancing’) of NUDE followed by P (first letter or ‘entrance’ to Parlour)
Down
Seconds before victory golfer's beginning to make movement with club (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BACKS (seconds) before WIN (victory) G (first letter or ‘beginning’ to golfer)
Scour house periodically for philanthropist (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Alternate letters or ‘periodically’ in ScOuR hOuSe – a reference to George Soros
Laxative in toilets upset Frenchman (8)
Go and start to sell form of LSD? (4)
Whatever happens eviscerated Truss associated with a big lettuce (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T rus S (missing the middle letters or ‘eviscerated’) after or ‘associated with’ A TALL COS (a big lettuce) – did it last longer than Truss, we wonder?
Unsaturated hydrocarbon found in drillhole finally (6)
Current Pope's cat needing unknown operation (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I (current) LEO’S (Pope’s) TOM (cat) Y (unknown) – we needed all the crossing letters for this one.
Book idiots to guard university (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TITS (idiots) around or ‘guarding’ U (university)
Feeling of not quite maximum power at this place (10)
Fake arm's tremor stopping at last during sprint? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
QUAKE (tremor) + G (‘last’ letter of stopping) inside or ‘during’ RUN (sprint)
In favour of banning over-30s say in military headgear? (9)
Recipient of benefits from Austria getting Genesis reformed (8)
Judge belongings to have bit of sentimentality for Troy (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ASSE t S (belongings) with S (first letter or ‘bit’ of sentimentality) replacing ‘t’ (Troy)
Combined notes from Canadian songwriter - except D (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
K d LANG (Canadian songwriter) missing ‘d’ – we had to do a search for Canadian songwriters – we had heard of K D Lang but hadn’t remembered that she is Canadian
P Lonely Planet r (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WORD (promise) around or ‘penning’ L (first letter or ‘introduction’ to lonely)
Contests ignoring first of red cards (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
r ACES (contests) ignoring ‘r’ (first letter of red)
Type letters or click words in the clue
