Across
Way to eliminate unsatisfactory service in game (5)
Irish province has church for new city (9)
Husband going astray with school member (7)
Confirm playground's back in repair (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RECTIFY (=repair, put right); “ playground (=rec, i.e. a recreation ground)’s back” means that the letters “rec” are reversed
Bleaches hairstyles (5)
Part of computer described by web user (3)
Prow of icebreaker blocking a dock (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I <cebreaker> (“prow of” means first letter only) in PER (=a, as in 60p a pound ); according to Chambers , a dock is a wharf or pier
Strange cyst removed from pelvic bone (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
<sac> RUM (=pelvic bone); “ cyst (=sac, of fluid) removed” means letters “sac” are dropped
Catch a flier briefly returning meal (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NAIL (=catch, secure) + A + TI <t> (=”flier”, i.e. bid; “briefly” means last letter is dropped); “returning” indicates reversal; cf. We’re going out for an Italian on Saturday
A lot of water in small local river (3)
Try to extract everything from onion (4)
Keystone Kops part reviewed for Ryan Gosling role (3)
New York ward features in key warning (5)
Composer welcomes old driver (7)
Duke and German boy meeting a king for curry (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D (=duke) + HANS (=German boy, i.e. a male forename in Germany) + A + K (=king, in cards or chess)
Gets head in painting (9)
Frivolous rest day (5)
Down
Structure of pollarded tree (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
<l> ARCH ; “pollarded” means the top – or here, the first letter – is cut off
Rank obscenity fully raised (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DIRT (=obscenity, filth) + UP (=fully, completely, as in to use up ); “raised” indicates vertical reversal
Half of shipment for food shop (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DELI <very> (=shipment, of order); “half of” means 4 of 8 letters only are used
Peter out with Mark and Jack? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Triple definition: to peter out is to fade, flag AND to flag is to mark, draw attention to AND a jack is a flag indicating nationality, as in the Union Jack
Turn up chinos and incorporate trendy sewer’s accessory (10)
Report of simple child’s plaything (4)
Sister's pinching wheels for some footballers (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TRIKE (=wheels, tricycle) in SR’S (=Sister’s)
Head off out to lunch with host (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
<b> ARMY (=out to lunch, slightly crazy); “head off” means first letter is dropped
Tree has shoot cut (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FIR <e> (=(to) shoot, e.g. a gun); “cut” means last letter is dropped
Change working time (5)
Bad tempered cook called out brother (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BLACK (=bad-tempered, angry, as in a black look ) + homophone (“called out”) of “frier (=cook)”; a Black Friar is a Dominican monk, so called because of his black mantle
Animal seen in the outskirts of Pasadena (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
P <asaden> A ; “outskirts” means first and last letters of, i.e. P and A!
A gym Noah built in wood (8)
Colonist and Australian conservationists (3)
Trump's rating: Standard (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
In the US – hence “Trump’s – an ensign is a officer of lowest commissioned rank in the navy, hence a rating; an ensign is a flag distinguishing a nation or regiment, hence a standard
Block Liberal legislation in U-turn (4)
European native stands up to see informer (4)
River and river animal (4)
Expert filling barrel with beer - quite the reverse (4)
Christopher Lee finally getting aircraft (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
KIT (=Christopher, i.e. abbreviation) + <le>E (“finally” means last letter only); a kite is an aircraft in RAF slang
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