Across
Writer in bed overwhelmed by endless lovemaking (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Crib(=bed) in se[x](=lovemaking)
Everything screened by broadcaster is more jaundiced (8)
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All in sower(=broadcaster of seeds)
Deliveries cancelled before holidays (3,6)
See 15 Across
Secure country (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DD. The first def would be in the sense of "I've secured/landed a prize".
Gallery on board after controller returns to former position (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(Tate(=gallery in London and other cities) in SS(=onboard i.e. inside a steamship)) after rein(=controller in the sense of the rein used for a horse)
11a
(and 11 Across) Bum echoed Brando somewhere close to Los Angeles (7,5)
Animals record released 50 years ago (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DD referring to the Patti Smith album Horses , which was released on the 10th November 1975.
Tissue-wrapped gold halo (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Glia(=tissue, a type of cell in the brain and spinal cord also called neuroglia) around or(=golden in heraldic usage)
Secret love is nearby (5,2)
Singer and model coming back with German opening track (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(Sit<(=model) + mit(=German for "with")) in(=opening) path(=track)
3 characters reflected in strange TikToks (4)
Cabaret singer loses face covering AC/DC in rave venue (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[L]iza(=Minelli, who appeared in the film version of Cabaret) around bi(=AC/DC as a slang term for bisexual)
Political doctrine on the subject of class is principle of Marxism (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Re(=on subject of) + form(=class when used in things like "fourth form") + is + M[arxism]
7d
(and 7 Down) Mike Batt wryly remixed Pussycat Doll (8,5)
Royal daughter hosting a president (6)
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Regan(=one of the daughters of King Lear) around a
Down
They try to stop drag queen stuffing booty (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ER(=late queen) in spoils(=booty, as in "spoils of war")
Racketeer pilots a new car in reverse (4,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RAF(=pilots, although this is questionable since the RAF has ground crew, engineers etc as well) + a n{ew} + Lada<(=make of car). The definition is a somewhat whimsical reference to Nadal using a racket while playing tennis.
Amount offered to kidnap right-winger (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Bid(=amount offered at an auction) around r{ight}
Ban this awful drink (7)
Behold Harry Potter crushing rubbish basket (7,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(Lo(=behold) + potter*)(harry used as the anagram indicator) around b{ull} s{h*t}(=rubbish)
See 29 Across
Soldiers' mess showing The Magnificent Seven perhaps (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RE(=Royal Engineers) + hash(=mess). The Magnificent Seven was a rehash of the Japanese film Seven Samurai .
Happy Monday afternoon coming up in wee outhouse (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(Bez(=Happy Mondays band member) + a{fternoon})< in go(=wee as in urinate)
Excessive noise worried uninitiated child at first (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(Din(=noise) + ate(=worried)) after [m]inor
Nigel in Reform welcomes unusual form of protection delivering sorrowful lines (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Nigel* around egis, which is an unusual spelling of the word aegis(=protection).
Financier contracted Brazilian footballer within a day (8)
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Neyma{r} in Mon{day}
One commanding batsman going up over mid-off (7)
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Lara<(=Brian Lara, West Indian batsman) around mid*
Stop cat spending month inside box (3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Seems to be to{m} in cuff(=box). Spending is used as the removal indicator to take m{onth} from tom. I think box is used as a synonym for cuff in the sense of a light blow (cuff someone/box their ears).
Happy over credit increase (6)
Apostrophe is dividing corporation (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Is in tum(=corporation). I'd never heard of tuism before but it is in Chambers as a synonym for apostrophe.
Independent bank promoting Head of Finance (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reef with F[inance] "promoted" to the front.
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