Across
Doubting it with number reversed in account (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal of IT SONG (number) in AC (account)
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27a
(and 27 Across) Singer to tempt Ham's boy, as Spooner says (4,4)
Still around at hospital, melon variety causing illness (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PIC (‘still’ – photograph) round AT H (hospital) OGEN (melon variety)
Motorway madness an illusion? (6)
On top, man turned against former European (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘turned’) of ALSO (‘on top’) GUY (man) + V (against)
Sweet thing to quarrel trashing snug in pub (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ROW (quarrel) and an anagram (‘trashing’) of SNUG in BAR (pub)
Nitrogen in unopened pickle is concerning (2,2)
Try small drink (4)
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Double definition
Tortured character has passion to steal back female (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HEAT (passion) + a reversal (‘back’) of FILCH (steal) + F (female)
Dog in show with energy chewed lead (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AIR (show) E (energy) + an anagram (‘chewed’) of LEAD
Deplore unconvincing book collection (6)
Embracing one, this clerk surprisingly virtuous? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘surprisingly’) of THIS CLERK round or ’embracing’ I (one)
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Figure is round, not entirely lifeless (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IS O (round) GON e (‘lifeless’) missing the last letter (‘not entirely’)
Caller out to engage occasionally good Swiss singer? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
YELLER (‘caller out’) round (‘engaging’) O D (alternate or ‘occasional’ letters of good)
Down
Cool flower excited Gaelic Romeo (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘excited’) of GAELIC + R (Romeo in the phonetic alphabet)
Greek character old and enormous (5)
Slept so badly without so much as a bra? (7)
An Earnshaw in renovated yacht?
Online writer, second-rate feller (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
B (‘second-rate’) LOGGER (tree feller)
Beer wasted in population leaving London? (9)
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Double definition
Time locks securing home: into this one might vanish (4,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T (time) HAIR (locks) round (‘securing’) IN (home)
18d
(and 18 Down) Rowing with Hunger (Boat Race book) (9,7)
State aim ultimately denied (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GOA l (aim) missing the last letter or ‘ultimately denied’
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Encourage judge in that case to release husband (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HEAR (judge) T h EN (‘in that case’) missing or ‘releasing’ the ‘h’ (husband)
Weapon to keep animals together outside a pound (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HERD (‘keep animals together’) round A LB (pound)
Bridge manoeuvre punishes opponents (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FINES (punishes) S E (south and east – opponents in Bridge or other card games)
6a
(and 6 Across) Writer's initially outrageous liberty grated with men (5,6)
Sennett's Normand married Magwitch? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
M (married) ABEL (Abel Magwitch – from Dickens’ ‘Great Expectations’) – we had to check this – it’s a reference to Mabel Normand, friend and partner of Mack Sennet in the early days of the American film industry
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