Across
Pulling is fraught with danger at first for female (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[f] RAUGHT , with the F (abbreviation for female) replaced by the first letter of D [anger]. As in a draught horse = one that pulls a heavy vehicle.
Awaited from supplier: fancy drone coated in gold (7)
Movement from Republican working party (5)
Trump's target regarding London home with golf moving to the forefront (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RE (regarding = on the subject of) + ENGLAND (where you’d find London = London home), with the G (Golf in the radio alphabet) moved to the front. President Trump has repeatedly insisted that the US will buy Greenland, despite objections from its rightful owners – though he seems to have gone quiet about that lately while throwing his weight around elsewhere.
A prickly individual Duke happened to welcome cover-up (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D (abbreviation for duke) + AROSE (happened), containing (welcoming) MASK (cover-up). The surface may suggest a reference to someone who is now neither a Duke nor a Prince; I wonder whether the puzzle was created before recent events? A flowering plant with thorns.
Notice Mike appear (4)
Diligence that may be required to get a job? (11)
British Member of Parliament Conservative listed nurses dismissed without interference (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
B (abbreviation for British) + OWL (Member of Parliament: an old crossword favourite, from the collective noun “a parliament of owls”), contained in (. . . nurses, as a verb) C (abbreviation for Conservative) + LEANED (listed = tilted to one side). In cricket, a player is “clean bowled” by a ball that breaks the wicket without hitting the bat or the batter.
Knock over small file (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RAP (knock = to strike a door with the knuckles in order to attract attention), containing (over) S (abbreviation for small). A coarse file used in woodworking.
Decline to name country after saint (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TAG (as a verb = to give a name to something or someone) + NATION (country), after S (abbreviation for saint).
Belittle a way to express duvet quality (9)
Singer's audible note (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An old crossword favourite: sound-alike (audible) for TENNER (slang for a ten-pound note).
Frenchman and visitor losing way default (7)
Reported onslaught by the convent in isolated mountain peak (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Sound-alike (reported) of NUN ATTACK (an onslaught by the members of a convent). A mountain peak surrounded by ice. The dictionaries disagree on whether the first syllable should rhyme with “sun” or “soon”, but the clue works better with the first of these.
Down
Mock free river patrols (6)
English comic book rejected additional monicker (6)
German at sea around European ally gets shiny coat (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
G (abbreviation for German) + LOST (at sea = slang for confused), around SPAIN (a European ally).
Row about good fierce competitor (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TIER (row, as in a row of seats at the theatre) around G (abbreviation for good). A determinedly competitive person.
Excess material in partner's tablet left out (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[l] OVER’S (romantic partner’s) + PILL (medicinal tablet), without the initial L (abbreviation for left).
Babe perhaps said this wearing fine clothes (4)
Quote introduction from Band Aid to lift sufferer (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CITE (quote) + first letter (introduction) of B [and] + AID , all reversed (to lift = upwards in a down clue). Sufferer = a person with a medical condition.
First principle of change in America described by weakling (8)
Kinky paintings perhaps at home to show bird (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S and M = abbreviation for sadism and masochism, so Eccles is suggesting that S AND M ART = kinky paintings; then IN (at home). A bird whose habitat is the sandy shores of lakes and rivers.
Speed of F1 champion lying down? (9)
Ex-Chancellor went on horseback during school run (8)
Whingers affected composer (8)
One who tweets allowed to drink in pub (6)
After removing outer layers many wore fake coat (6)
Discern new angle (5)
Excited try silver rings (4)
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