Across
Few days demand to be discussed without resistance (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Sound-alike (to be discussed) of WEEK (a few days) + NEED (demand).
Meteorologist's beginning to follow briefly scattered cloud cover (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Beginning letter of M [eteorologist], following an anagram (scattered) of CLOU [d] without the last letter (briefly). Locum = cover = someone temporarily doing another’s job in their absence.
He performed rural violence i.e. scuffling (15)
Closely examine Cambridge's final call about degree (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Final letter of [cambridg] E , then YELL (call) around BA (abbreviation for an academic degree). Eyeball, as a verb = stare closely at.
Student official found in sports court (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
REF (abbreviation for referee = sports official), in PE (abbreviation for physical education = sports lessons at school) + CT (abbreviation for court, especially in streetmaps). A senior school student given some measure of authority over others.
A Homeward Bound t (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letters (at the end) in [o] F [th] E [las] T [nigh] T [w] E [neve] R [se] E [homewar] D .
Too much off depleted capital (6)
Danish scientist flipped over one thousand and one shapes (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BOHR (Niels Bohr, Danish atomic physicist) reversed (flipped), containing (over . . .) M (Roman numeral for one thousand), then I (Roman numeral for one). Plural of rhombus = shape otherwise known as a diamond or lozenge.
Trademark covering this girl's equally skimpy underwear (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TM (abbreviation for trademark), containing HER (belonging to a specific woman = this girl’s), then ALS [o] (equally) without the last letter (skimpy?). Short for thermal underwear, worn to conserve body heat in cold conditions.
Authorise vessel to carry politician over (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EWER (a large jug = vessel), containing (to carry) MP (abbreviation for Member of Parliament = politician) + O (abbreviation for over, in cricket scoring).
Recount finished after left-leaning Republican tried to get elected (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ATE (finished, as in “she finished her meal”), after R (abbreviation for Republican) + RAN (tried to get elected) reversed (left-leaning = reading right to left). Recount = narrate = tell a story.
E.g. Tim Horton's choice messed up by important customer having left (15)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (messed up) of CHOICE , then KEY (important) + PAYER (someone who pays = customer) around L (abbreviation for left). I had to ask Wikipedia about Tim Horton ; can’t say I know much about the sport.
Like fireman's tea (5)
Parliamentarian had to inject drug after some drinks (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HAD (from clue text), containing (to inject) E (abbreviation for the drug ecstasy), after ROUND (several drinks bought at the same time for a group of people). Supporter of Parliament (rather than the King) during the English Civil War.
Down
Christian campaigner's brief desire previously to accommodate Roman Catholic separately (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WIL [l] (desire) without the last letter (brief), then BEFORE (previously), containing R C (abbreviation for Roman Catholic), with the two letters inserted separately rather than together. William Wilberforce, Christian anti-slavery campaigner.
Extremely sharp trim after a time in New York (but not now) (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CUT (trim) after A (from clue text), then EST (abbreviation for Eastern Standard Time, the time zone used in New York – but not at the moment because it’s on Eastern Daylight Time until early November). Acute = sharp, with the -est suffix indicating “extremely”.
Knock back a mild Indian dish (5)
Initially ignored gamete editor was brilliant (8)
Hanging up pants in yard (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
POOR (pants = slang for not very good), in YD (abbreviation for yard), all reversed (up, in a down clue).
City unexpectedly re-elects independent (9)
Hybrid car struggling keeping that man Elon at the top (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (struggling) of CAR , containing (keeping) HIM (that man) + first (top) letter of E [lon]. (Who of course runs a company making electric vehicles, not hybrids.) Chimera = a mythological creature combining parts of various different animals; or a single organism composed of two separate sets of cells, for example by the fusion of two embryos.
Wise to avoid exterior ruin (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[s] MAR [t] (wise), avoding the outer letters (exterior). Not sure about the definition: to me, “mar” = to damage or disfigure something, suggesting rather less than “ruin” = to destroy it or make it unusable. The difference between scratching your car’s paintwork and writing it off in an accident.
Relocated coaches firing current agent accepting blunder (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TRA [i] NS (coaches, as a verb = teaches, especially in sport) without I (scientific symbol for electrical current), then FED (abbreviation for a US federal law enforcement officer = agent) containing ERR (blunder, as a verb = make a mistake).
Space in berth to sway half-heartedly about (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MOOR (berth, as a verb = to tie up a boat in harbour) + WOB [b] LE (sway) with one of the two middle letters (heart) missing (half-heartedly), all reversed (about).
Short outing to collect tissue that's much appreciated (8)
Sorry for reflecting on American who went to hell and back (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EH (eh? = sorry? = expression meaning “please repeat what you just said”) + PRO (for = in favour of), all reversed (reflecting), then US (abbreviation for United States = American). In Greek mythology: after Orpheus’s wife Eurydice died, he went to the underworld in a heroic but ultimately unsuccessful attempt to get her back.
Inspect some cheesy LA nachos on the counter (7)
Deal-maker is worse off (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Broke = badly off = short of money; so whimsically, broker = more broke = worse off.
Did judge like some paper? (5)
Slice of artisan bread kept here? (3)
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