Across
Dispiriting picture? (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Cryptic definition. At first read through I thought it’d be a great clue if the answer was The Exorcist – it was only when I came back to it near the end that I realised how close to the right idea I’d been
Moisturised skin you hear admired (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Soundalike (skin you hear) of ‘hide’ + RATED
Ability to discern Caesar's head among gold pieces (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
C (Caesar’s head) inside AU (gold) + MEN (pieces, as in chess)
France in recent times barring English outright (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
F (France) + LAT [e] LY without the E (barring English)
Narrative one acted out (8)
Plans to review unopened emails? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal (to review) of MAPS (plans). One of those awkward reversal clues where the indicator is in the middle so, in theory, either way could be correct until the crossers tell you otherwise
Wheels turn - factory turning out large and small trousers (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CAR (wheels) + GO (turn, as in taking turns in a game) + P [l] ANT (factory/plant without L) + S . I have to admit that my first parsing had ‘wheels turn’ as cluing ‘car go’, but of course Filbert would never be such a grammatical barbarian
Lawyer's basic writing cleverer when spoken (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PROSE (basic writing, by contrast with verse, with the same sense as ‘prosaic’) + CUTOR (sounds like – when spoken – ‘cuter’, cleverer. Or possibly ‘acuter’ when the whole word is spoken, but then the E would be clued twice)
Son pinched from mom's handbag without guilt (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PUR [s] E minus S (son pinched from) – in American usage, the word purse denotes what we Brits call a handbag, hence the US spelling of ‘mom’
500 gatecrashing ground at event prolonged antagonism (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Insertion (gatecrashing) of D (500) in an anagram (ground) of AT EVENT
Angel shaves around front of her ... (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal (around) of PARES + H (front of her). Cue schoolboy snigger…
Dog bin unfinished pasta goes in (6)
Worship as bride and groom agree initially like a shot (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I DO (as bride and groom agree) + L (initially Like) + A (from surface) + TRY (shot)
Wetter wander around part of the Lake District (12)
Down
Book with Romeo in kept by (9)
Nutty dish dropped onto chair alas (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SAT + AY (alas, as in ‘ay me’). Which makes me think that’s what I’ll be cooking for dinner tonight
Promise boyfriend with cramped identity breathing space (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BF (boyfriend) around (cramped) ID + AIR (breathing space)
Wrinkly torso brought about elderly actor's exit (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (wrinkly) of TORSO around AGED
Horsey type last to imitate nicker (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (last letter of imitatE) + QUID (slang for pound sterling, as is ‘nicker’)
Prescott tangling with prat so fun to watch? (14)
Hertz essentially opposed to driving on the left behind bike (14)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PER SE (essentially) + CON (opposed to) + D (Driving on the left) under (behind) CYCLE . D=driving (my first attempt at parsing) isn’t sanctioned by Chambers, but of course ‘driving on the left’ is telling us to take the first letter – ie, the one furthest to the left of the word
Scar from treacherous Arctic floes? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (treacherous) of ARCTIC + ICE (floes)
Equally mild sub-standard additive (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AS (equally) + TAME (mild) under (sub, in a down clue) PAR (standard)
One supports aristocratic bears? (7)
Pushing tractor one rests briefly (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition
Bill allows inverted badge on boots (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal (inverted) of AD (bill) + OKS (allows). For Americans, of course, the badges in question would be on the trunk
Type letters or click words in the clue