Across
Rough man carries blades (6)
Want footwear imprinted with right label (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[R (=right) + TAG (=label)] in SHOE (=footwear); a want is a need, shortage
Aristo abroad has set no clear limits on returning (8)
Family member housed in back street digs (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AUNT (=family member) in TS (ST=street; “back” indicates reversal); digs are taunts, jibes at someone
Sir Patrick, one hears? Rather, Sir Thomas (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Homophone of “Moore (=Sir Patrick, i.e. the TV astronomer)”; the reference is to Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), Lord Chancellor under Henry VIII and executed by the latter
Suspicious phone call about drug packaging, that's clear (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (=drug, i.e. Ecstasy ) in *(PHONE CALL); “suspicious” is anagram indicator; cellophane is transparent, hence “that’s clear”
Sickly Martha's lacking resistance to condition (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
*( MA <r> THA’S ); “lacking resistance (=R)” means letter “r” is dropped from anagram, indicated by “sickly”
Blazing with the oxygen injected at extreme temperature (5-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O (=oxygen, i.e. chemical symbol) in *(WITH THE); “blazing” is anagram indicator
Rejection of novel by unknown ultimately unfair, journalist complained (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Y (=unknown, in algebra) + AMME (EMMA=novel, by Jane Austen; “rejection of” indicates reversal) + <unfai> R (“ultimately” means last letter only) + ED. (=journalist, i.e. editor); to yammer is to whine, wail, hence “complain”
Toboggan, impeded by damp, losing rear end, spun awkwardly (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WE <t> (=damp; “losing rear end” means last letter is dropped) in SLED (=toboggan)
27a
(and 27 Across) Yes, sir, Cath's misbehaving with tongue, sticking it out (7,3,6)
Drove ball, umpire's call abruptly being reversed (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DEUC <e> (=umpire’s call, in tennis); “abruptly” means last letter is dropped; “being reversed” indicates reversal; to cue is to hit (“drive”) the ball, in snooker, billiards, etc
See 24 Across
Friendly hint (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition: as an adjective, intimate is friendly, closely acquainted with AND as a verb, to intimate is to hint at, imply, suggest
Henry and Brunel will stop Carol and Bob once (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[H (=Henry) + I’LL (=Brunel will, i.e. our setter)] in SING (=carol, as verb); colloquially, a bob was a shilling, hence “bob once”
Comeback by Red Queen, a cutting remark (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TROT (=Red, i.e. Trotskyite) + ER (=Queen, i.e. Elizabeth Regina); “comeback by” indicates reversal
Down
Humming birds long ago heading off across border into Peru, finally (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[<borde> R <int> O <per> U ] in <d> ODOS (=birds long ago, i.e. long since extinct; “heading off” means first letter is dropped); “finally” means last letters only are used
Again join three notes together (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RE + TI + E (=three notes, i.e. in music)
Taps into uncomplicated atmosphere that offers comfort (4,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[C (=tap, i.e. cold) + H (=hot, i.e. tap)] in [EASY (=uncomplicated) + AIR (=atmosphere)]
Neck down covering for offspring of this? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Feathery down will cover the young of a swallow; to neck a drink is to swallow it, down it
Bars to close, maybe, in unfashionable, half-demolished thoroughfare (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OUT (=unfashionable) + RO <ad> (=thoroughfare; “half-demolished” means two of four letters are dropped); an out’ro is the concluding section of a song (hence “bars”, in music), TV programme, etc, as opposed to an intro
Yuck! That is excessively short up top, generating something hard (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TO <o> (=excessively; “short” means last letter is dropped) + UGH (=yuck!) + I.E. (=that is, id est)
Come to like Don (3,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition: to get into an activity is to come to like it AND to don an item of clothing is to get into it
Cat's backside cleared of parasite (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
<bot> TOM (=backside); “cleared of parasite (=bot, maggot of botfly)” means letters “bot” are dropped
One investigating report of local ghost? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Homophone (“report”) of “local (=inn, tavern) + spectre (=ghost)”!
Grant possibly rumoured to be cut (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Homophone (“rumoured”) of HUGH (=Grant possibly, i.e. British actor)
Fantastic, but dated, hotel encapsulates old classical city (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O (=old, as in OT) in [ANTIC (=fantastic, grotesque; “but dated” indicates that this usage is archaic) + H (=hotel)]
Demo slashed by 40%, overlooked by county, concerning local bigwig (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MAYO (=county, in Ireland) + RAL <ly> (=demo; “slashed by 40%” means two of five letters are dropped)
Absorbing times doing what results in ...? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T T (=times, i.e. 2 x T=time) in DOING; the process of dotting leads to … at the end of the clue!
Horsewoman always accepts direction given by conservationists (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[E (=direction, i.e. east) + NT (=conservationists, i.e. National Trust)] in EVER (=always)
Dave blowing top in tight spots (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
*(<d> AVE + IN); “blows top” means first letter is dropped from anagram, indicated by “tight (=drunk)”; a naevus is a pigmented spot, a birthmark
Cost nearly something astronomical (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
COME T <o> (=cost, amount to), “nearly” means last letter is dropped
Type letters or click words in the clue