Across
Continue performing after horror novel's recited (7)
Artificial gin drunk at Glastonbury? (7)
Get fruit via supermarket loyalty scheme in mid-September (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NECTAR (Sainsburys supermarket loyalty scheme) IN E (middle letter of September)
Delicious warm doughnut disappears (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T o ASTY (warm) with the ‘o’ (‘doughnut’) missing or ‘disappearing’
Substance found in delicatessen - celery? (7)
Loosen pants having consumed 500 items from a Chinese takeaway (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘pants’) of LOOSEN round or ‘consuming’ D (500 in Roman numerals)
Business contractors freely inspect empty rooms around hotel (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘freely’) of INSPECT, R S (‘rooms’ missing the middle letters or ’empty’) and H (hotel) – interesting definition!
Benny's cool not cold (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
c HILL (cool) missing the ‘c’ (cold) – a reference to Benny Hill of the 1ac films
' The Independent s (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
c OURS e (programme) missing or ‘shunning’ the first and last letters or ‘extremes’
Naked goblin queen departs gingerly without complaint (10)
Deal perhaps with the spreading of disease (7)
Beat up around 50 Salvation Army leaders from Teddington and Ealing (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘around’) of UP + L (50 in Roman numerals) + SA (Salvation Army) + T E (first letters or ‘leaders’ of Teddington and Ealing)
Diminished a knight at last is resting (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A T (last letter of knight) in BED (‘resting’)
How we wish others were here to edit podcasts about nude art (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘edit’) of PODCASTS round R (‘art’ without the first and last letters or ‘nude’)
Journalist joining small people in boat getting fixed (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ED (editor – ‘journalist’) after or ‘joining’ S (small) CREW (people in boat)
Graduate performer in hospital sick leaving worker to deal with the rubbish (7)
Down
Things given up when renouncing Catholic fellow admitted (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A clue-as-definition: CON c ESSIONS (things given up) missing or ‘renouncing’ the ‘c’ (Catholic) round or ‘admitting’ F (fellow) – CONFESSIONS can also be ‘given up’
Strains of seaweeds with leaves (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
w RACKS (seaweeds) missing ‘w’ (with)
Head of Yamaha making money - yen? (8)
Extremely green water coming up street (7)
C-lister in rehab? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C-LEANER (‘lister’ as in ‘leaning over’)
Old lady finally affluent or elevated leader among nurses? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Another clue-as-definition? : MA (‘old lady’) T (last or ‘final’ letter of affluent) + a reversal (‘elevated’) of OR + N (first letter or ‘leader’ of nurses) – part of the wordplay being the definition
Rude novel's opening linguist translated (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘translated’) of N (first letter or ‘opening’ of novel) and LINGUIST
In high spirits Gary Lineker finally comes out (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GA r Y with the ‘r’ (last or ‘final’ letter of Lineker) omitted or ‘coming out’
Second review of Lassie ? Only when there's nothing serious to report (11)
Foregathered mobs renouncing God and heaven? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘mobs’) of F o RE g ATHERE d missing or ‘renouncing’ ‘g’, ‘o’ and ‘d’ (God)
Idiots slip up outside bar (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘up’) of SLIP round LOCK (bar)
Part of questionable EP edited/censored (7)
Plausible statement from model getting charged (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A model might plausibly say I’M POSED
Opening punch in the stomach that hurts (6)
A burger but hold the filling - Bluebird's full (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A B urge R (missing or ‘holding’ the middle letters or ‘filling’) I’M (Bluebird – the setter – is)
Coach that's kaput - its back-end's come off (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BUS t (kaput) missing the last letter or ‘back-end’
Type letters or click words in the clue
