Across
Bridge completed? I don't know (8)
Try almost stupid style of architecture (6)
The opposite of to cut out of (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FRO [m] (out of), without the last letter (cut). As in “to and fro” – but isn’t “fro” just a variant form of “from”? If so it’s essentially the same word and meaning in both definition and wordplay.
Nets banker in Paris dividing bags of money (11)
Former imperialist micromanaging a bit (5)
Punishes sin? Please not this way (9)
Director with no right to employ intern (6)
Open space added to slowly? (8)
Not entirely practical a marinated appetiser perhaps (8)
Partners accepting not very exciting male organ (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S + N (South and North, partners in card games such as bridge), containing TAME (not very exciting). The male reproductive organ of a flowering plant.
Native clothing maybe convertible given bodily form (9)
Blessing the way the clue was written (5)
Brutal article about smothering well-ordered militias (11)
At last idle bishops retire (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letter of [idl] E + B B (two B = abbreviation for bishop). Ebb = retire = recede.
Occasionally low blow is to finish off player (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Alternate letters (occasionally) of [l] O [w] B [l] O [w] , then IS , then T [o] with the finishing letter taken off.
Wrongly alleges point notwithstanding the aforementioned? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (wrongly) of ALLEGES , then E (abbreviation for East = a point of the compass). Definition by example, indicated by the question mark: complicated language that may be appropriate in a legal document to ensure that the meaning is unambiguous, but is generally ridiculed when used in other contexts.
Down
Not connected rotten crossword layout (7)
Periodically verge on conceit (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Alternate letters (periodically) of [v] E [r] G [e] O [n]. Conceit in the sense of “being conceited” = an inflated view of oneself.
Come by secret code protecting procedure (5)
Recruit disregarding trick words delivered by actors (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[con] SCRIPT (someone subject to enforced recruitment for military service), without CON (slang for trick).
Cleared broken elevator trapping VIP after sex (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (broken) of ELEVATOR , containing the part of [vi] P that comes after VI (six in Roman numerals; sex = Latin for six). Overleap = to jump over = to clear.
Husband wearing trousers inside out? One might suggest dropping them (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
H (abbreviation for husband) + IN (wearing = clothed with) + T [rouser] S with the inside letters taken out. Dropping hints = suggesting something without actually saying it explicitly.
Shy boy starts knitting (7)
Monarch tours English warships spacing out (herein a famously bad example) (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
KING (monarch), around (touring) E (abbreviation for English) + RN (abbreviation for Royal Navy = warships). Kerning = in typography, adjusting the spacing between particular pairs of letters to improve appearance and readability, depending on the shape of each letter. I think the “famously bad example” refers to the word “kerning” itself in lowercase: if there isn’t enough space between “r” and “n”, they may be misread as a single letter “m”, hence the industry slang term “keming” for bad kerning.
Minister on the far left and others lead? (5)
Tenor adopted by corrupt society superstars (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T (abbreviation for tenor) contained in (adopted by) IMMORAL (corrupt) + S (abbreviation for society). Immortals = metaphorically, significant people who are likely to be remembered long after their death.
Occasions second issue to be raised (5)
Split region turning to Africa after renouncing force (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (turning) of TO A [f] RICA without the F (abbreviation for force). The country in which you would find the city named Split.
Musical fashionable in the past (7)
Famous incompetent (7)
Understand and shortly after that become livid (6)
Atmosphere in Colorado metropolis (5)
African city's electrical current giving rise to spark (5)
The First Lady under no circumstances unclothed (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[n] EVE [r] (under no circumstances) without the outer letters (unclothed). The first woman in the Bible.
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