Across
Assemble trick grid which possibly splits (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CON (trick) + insertion (which … splits) of EG (possibly) inside GRATE (grid)
Remaining piece put back however small (4)
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Reversal (put back) of BUT (however) + S
Sort of ball hits leg (7)
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OFFS (hits in the gangland sense) + PIN
Glass of beer drunk by Spooner to celebrate (7)
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Spoonerism of JAR (glass of beer) LIT (drunk). The definition suggests we’re back in the Queen Vic with Phil Mitchell
Small clean trousers wrinkle (5)
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Insertion (trousers) of S inside PURE
Runner with hoop earrings jogged (9)
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O (hoop) + anagram (jogged) of EARRINGS
Cheap wine not opened by thoughtful lady on vacation (13)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Charade of INE (wINE not opened) + X (by) + PENSIVE + LY (LadY on vacation). It’s very sly to use what looks like an adjective to define an adverb, but a phrase like “I bought it cheap” would seem to bear it out
Celebrity chef on broadcast filling in met old BBC correspondent (13)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A-LIST COOK (celebrity chef) around AIR (broadcast) + E (filling in mEt), for the great Anglo-American journalist whose Letter from America aired weekly on BBC radio for 58 years
Field remains full of wheat initially at any rate (9)
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LEA (field) + STAYS (remains) around (full of) W (wheat initially)
Presumably nothing from Q in your mind (5)
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The letters of the alphabet “up to P” suggest there’s nothing from Q onwards
Binary judgment's backing women as they were long ago (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T (last letter – backing – of judgment) + W + OF OLD (as they were long ago)
£1 for the last of 26 Italian pastries (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Changing the last letter of CANT (26ac) for LI (£1) gives CANLI. So to get to CANNOLI (the tasty Sicilian speciality) we presumably have to take the first of 26ac’s twin definitions (CAN’T) and expand it to CANNOT. I don’t feel this is an entirely fair strategy, but do please set me straight if you disagree…
Lack the strength to lean over (4)
Cheeky Irish always cutting payment to landlord (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IR (Irish) + insertion (cutting) of EVER inside RENT
Down
Rough like sensei's blows? (6)
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Double definition, the latter referring to blows from a martial arts instructor or sensei
African Queen worked free in time then it capsized (9)
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Anagram (worked) of FREE IN T + reversal (capsized, in a down clue) of IT. Nothing to do with the Katharine Hepburn/Humphrey Bogart vehicle
Agency helping to keep European here (14)
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Envelope (to keep) of E + PRESENT (here) inside RATION (helping)
Eccentric left collection of animals with tails removed (5)
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GONe (left) + ZOo (collection of animals) minus their last letters (with tails removed). I’ve only reallyy come across the term “gonzo” in relation to the writings of Hunter S Thompson and other journalists, but apparently it’s also used to describe anything unconventional or extreme
Youth I see across stage attractive on set (9)
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Insertion (across) of LEG (stage) in TEEN I C
Worry the top comes off lock (5)
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sTRESS (worry) minus its first letter (the top comes off)
Radiation unintentionally reveals the inside of car parts (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Envelope (parts) of A (inside of cAr) inside BETRAYS. I’m not sure the word “unintentionally” is strictly necessary
OTT style Colin developed with drag queen (14)
Grant's brother and 'is woman play around (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Charade of PHIL (Mitchell, EastEnders character, brother of Grant Mitchell) + AND (from surface) + ER (“her” without the aspirate, ‘is woman in a London accent)
Conductor designate travelled by bike (9)
Name large dog that pirouettes after Nureyev perhaps (8)
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Reversal (that pirouettes) of CITE + L + LAB
Not all Gestapo interrogations done nicely (6)
Party in a navy dress (5)
Ecuador's capital no longer safe around clubs (5)
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