Across
French painter indicated by easel colour and tutu possibly (15)
Good women avoiding industrial action in European city (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[g] O-SLO [w] (deliberately delaying work as a form of protest = industrial action), without G (abbreviation for good) and W (abbreviation for women). Capital of Norway.
Wit and wine - a feature of the table? (10)
Monks initially ready to tuck into a lot of tea subsequently (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (initially) of R [eady], inserted into BRE [w] (slang for a drink of tea) without the last letter (a lot of . . .) + THEN (subsequently).
A lot of aid heading for Italy or place there … (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ASSIS [t] (aid, as a verb = to help) without the last letter (a lot of . . .) + first letter (heading) of I [taly]. Town in central Italy.
… with another apparently discouraging tourists? (15)
Productive moral tale but lacking power (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[p] ARABLE (a moral tale) without the P (abbreviation for power). As in arable land = used for growing crops = productive.
Thinker is probing the bit left over (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IS inserted into THE (from clue) + ORT (a scrap of food left after a meal = bit left over). I can’t remember where I’ve seen “ort” before but it seems vaguely familiar.
Roger droned to us unfortunately (10)
Scientist suspending oxygen and hydrogen in bromine (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A collection of chemical symbols: O (oxygen) = H (hydrogen), inserted into BR (Br = bromine). Danish theoretical physicist Niels Bohr.
Leave advisor to cross street in front of English shop (15)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DEPART (leave = go away) + MENTOR (advisor), around (to cross) ST (abbreviation for street), then E (abbreviation for English).
Down
Old policeman’s inclination to take attractive person hugging gnarled tree right? (15)
American writer a good deal tense about chapter (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A LOT (a good deal) + T (abbreviation for tense), around C (abbreviation for chapter). Louisa May Alcott, 19th-century US author of Little Women and its sequels.
Better periods after skipping British tour (8)
Good friends to dine - ten possibly? Planning for the best (15)
American science probing nothing - it’s just a front (6)
Pen German song about Society in elaborate fashion? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
STY (as in pigsty = pen = animal enclosure) + LIED (German word for song, used generically in classical music to mean a song for solo singer and piano), around S (abbreviation for society).
Mountaineer’s statement wildly cheers beauties seen around heart of mountains (15)
Aristo with unusual male name? (8)
Story and a remark about European recording (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A NOTE (a remark), around E (abbreviation for European) + CD (abbreviation for compact disc = sound recording).
Expression of hesitation over second town guide dropping old fake (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ER (a sound expressing hesitation) before (over, in a down clue) S (abbreviation for second), then A T [o] Z (brand name for a series of town street atlases, especially the original London edition) without the O (abbreviation for old). German-derived word for fake, in the sense of a cheap low-quality substitute for the real thing.
Discount Republican replacing Democrat in discussion (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[d] EBATE (discussion), with R (abbreviation for Republican) replacing D (abbreviation for Democrat). As in “tax rebate”: a partial refund of money paid.
Type letters or click words in the clue