Across
The Spanish president almost backing fine for consumption (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EL – “the” in Spanish & most of BIDE(n) all reversed
Junction stops vehicle following gangster alongside Arizona prison (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AL (capone) & T (junction) inside CAR & AZ – code for Arizona
More soldiers and frontiersmen violently besieging church (14)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CE – church – inside – besieging – FRONTIERSMEN* violently
Sound of allergic reaction from one half of train (5)
Sinner's rude tale about king (9)
The woman's a goddess (4)
Second Conservative elected to infiltrate socialists withdraws (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S(econd) & C(onservative) & IN – elected – all in REDS – socialists
Most tragic perhaps Dominic Cummings' virtuous parts (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
This took me quite a while to get, I was fixated, perhaps not surprisingly, by Dominic Cummings the eyesight testing by driving advisor. You have EE (ee cummings the author) & PI – virtuous all in the actor (dominic) WEST. Very well played Lark
Play down the odd letters going missing in French city (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Alternate letters of p L a Y d O w N
Stick firmly to petition to keep every girl's clothing child-friendly (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PER – every & the clothing of G(ir)L & U – film rating of child friendly – all in SUE – petition
Building hotel by river (5)
Old-fashioned as Murdoch is? (14)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Murdoch did indeed buy The Times
Lay weapon before leader (8)
Lower-class ruffian retreats having stolen my French gown (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MON – “my” in French in a reversed OIK
Down
Soused duke forced to give up whiskey (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D(uke) & W(hisky) removed from (w)RENCHED – forced
Caravan getting an upgrade for the first time - enjoy the trip! (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CONVOY – caravan with the first letter C being upgraded – as an exam grade would be – to B & AGE – time
Symbol of love very touching in retrospect (4)
A Catholic afterlife without hot or fun places (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A & R(oman) C(atholic) & H(ot) removed from (h)ADES – a less than desirable afterlife
Criticisms about Platonism being misinterpreted (10)
Almost all of cricket team getting Home Counties contract (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TEN, well a cricket team is often referred to as an XI – eleven so almost all of one & SE – the home counties
Keys to auditorium passages (6)
In favour of Chinese native swallowing American government's political broadcast? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PRO – in favour of & PANDA – a Chinese native with A(merican) G(overnment) inserted
Sit with old man suffering problem with vision (9)
Eagle possibly dropping one across street in part of Germany (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
In golf an Eagle might be as a result of a HOLE-IN-one. Lose the “One” & insert ST(reet)
As hill next to point and line on map (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E(ast) a compass point & QUA – Latin for AS & TOT – a hill. I’m really not a fan of using Latin words & phrases in crosswords to be honest
Plumb arcane quarters of the lower region (6)
And this according to Virgil is a rule to live by (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ET HIC – “and this” in Latin
Find oneself before a king's magistrate (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BE – find oneself & A & K(ing)
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