Across
Lack of equivalence around society on Sabbath (8)
Plan finesse in clubs initially (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TACT (finesse = skill in handling awkward situations) + initial letters of I [n] C [lubs].
Dutch and American-Chinese live in Asian capital (8)
Revolutionary had an accident touring country (6)
Persist wanting good make-up (5)
Resolve to corrupt wartime leader (9)
Possible pick-up points on crusades to empty planes (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RE (on = on the subject of) + QUESTS (crusades) + TO (from clue text) + P [lane] S without the inner letters (empty). Locations on a bus route (or train stations) where the driver stops only if a passenger wants to get on or off.
Case of water heater cool (12)
More limes! snarled waiter (9)
Lead hammer consumes energy (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LASH (hammer, as a verb = make a sustained attack on, especially as in “storms lashing the country”), containing (consuming) E (abbreviation for energy). Lead = leash = a strap fixed to a dog’s collar to keep it under control.
Prime characters in tiddliest prison: lazy individuals (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Letters in prime-number positions (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13) in [t] ID [d] L [i] E [st] [p] R [i] S [on].
Mug tree that encapsulates my exasperation (8)
Child recalled desire for offal (6)
Notice possibility for fostering (8)
Down
Land deal to smuggle 500 diamonds (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SALE (commercial deal), containing (smuggling) D (Roman numeral for 500) + D (abbreviation for diamonds, in card games). Land, as a verb = saddle = to encumber with something unwanted, as in “that might land you with a big tax bill”.
Permission unchanged during delivery? (6)
Location of flight from distant hotspot satisfactory crossing India (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
STAR (a distant ball of flaming gas = hot spot) + WELL (satisfactory, as in “all is well”), containing I (India in the radio alphabet). Location of a flight of stairs.
Couple of spivs oddly supporting root's consumption (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Odd-numbered letters from C [o] U [p] L [e] O [f] S [p] I [v] S , after (below, in a down clue = supporting) TUBER (root = swollen underground part of a plant, such as a potato). Consumption = old name for tuberculosis, from the days when nobody really knew what caused it and sufferers would just “waste away”.
Saying a mild oath from the south (5)
American tour diary of composer wearing dress (8)
Sit up in pursuit getting reprimand (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SIT reversed (up = upwards in a down clue), inserted into CHASE (as a noun = pursuit).
Rugby player in ecstasy in hospital toilets? (12)
Fibre from sample is hot surprisingly (9)
Excitedly kiss and stroke Pole in the snow (8)
Tottered as partially fermented grape juice drained (8)
Eccles is more's the pity returning sausage (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I’M (our crossword setter Eccles is) + ALAS (more’s the pity = an expression of regret), all reversed (returning). Cured and dried sausage.
Witchdoctor's fake article (6)
Pint lacking head? That is strange (5)
Type letters or click words in the clue