Across
Senseless how burlesque ends (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Cryptically, the word “burlesqu E ” ends in an ‘e’!
Explosive material about creativity sincere (9)
Crouchback for one thrown in road by king (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CAST (=thrown, hurled) in [LANE (=road) + R (=king, i.e. rex)]; the reference is to Edmund Crouchback, the 1st Earl of Lancaster, member of the Plantagenet Dynasty
Mischievous duo taking female out for drive (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IMP + EL <f> (=mischievous duo, i.e. two mischievous characters; “taking female (=F) out” means letter “f” is dropped; to impel is to urge, instigate, drive (forward)
Look after book for Welsh entertainer (7)
2d
(and 1 Down, 2 Down) Four in romcom linked with sexual celebration (7,4,8)
Tabloid target in Sulawesi — French are leaving (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CELEB <es> (=Sulawesi, the original Indonesian name of the island known in Portuguese as Celebes; French are (=es, from you are=tu es) leaving” means letters “es” are dropped)
Cheeky Girl shunning any number to be sociable? (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MI <n> X (=cheeky girl; “shunning any number (=N, i.e. an indefinite number, in maths)” means letter “n” is dropped)
Charm gypsy man among reformed drinkers (5)
Back where witch lived — she heartless (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ENDOR (=where witch lived; the Witch of Endor is to be found in the OT in 1 Samuel, and is consulted by Saul for advice following the death of the prophet Samuel) + S <h> E (“heartless” means middle letter is dropped)
Dander raised, wanted to strangle learner driver (7)
American devoured by worst animal (5)
Use handle wrongly — let go (9)
Painting class in new term (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BRAND (=class, sort) in *(TERM); “new” is anagram indicator; cf. A (painting by) Rembrandt brought millions at auction yesterday.
Repeatedly questions MP involved in discharge (5)
Down
See 15 Across
See 15 Across
Letters from Brother Aldhelm deceived goddess (4)
Online space strange to M Roach (4,4)
Something tiny Romeo wore outside (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
R (=Romeo, in NATO alphabet) in HAD ON (=wore, e.g. clothes); a hadron is one of a class of subatomic particles, hence “something tiny”
Tapestries restored where threads gradually removed? (10)
Parking in Asian metropolis for sacred site (6)
Lead removed from silver say and elsewhere (2,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
<m> ETAL (=silver, say); “lead (=first letter) from” means letter “m” is dropped; “et al” is an abbreviation of “et alibi” in this instance
Husband in delicate position (5)
Room for experimentation in party rhetoric (10)
Good boy receiving new organ (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
N (=new, as in NT) in [G (=good) + LAD (=boy)]
Times Cryptic Hotline gives 'rock fragment' (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
x (=times, as in 5 x 4 = 20) + *(HOTLINE); “cryptic” is anagram indicator; in Chambers , a xenolith is a rock fragment of extraneous origin which has been incorporated into magma
State in which goodish priest keeps house (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HO (=house, as abbreviation) in OK (=goodish, reasonable) +n LAMA (=priest)]
Limb found in river and well (4,2)
Horse one Queen maltreated (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
*(I (=one) + QUEEN); “maltreated” is anagram indicator
One called 11 baronet encircling old city (4)
Deadly reptiles spring up to claim son (4)
Many a Welsh runner in the gloaming (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D (=many, i.e. 500 in Roman numerals) + USK (= a Welsh “runner”, i.e. river); gloaming is dusk, twilight
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