Across
A chapter head including name of a major mountain system (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A + DEAN (chapter head) containing [including] N (name)
Exploit designed, we hear, for girl occupied in cowshed (8)
Sails south to solicit votes (7)
Strain originally striking one in part of joint (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
S{triking} [originally] + I (one) contained by [in] TENON (part of joint – corresponding to a mortise)
Brazen solicitor finally put away (4)
Tease Brussels's elite primarily about posh woman driver (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CHAFF (tease – banter) + EU’S (Brussels’s) + E{lite} [primarily], containing [about] U (posh)
Speaker's cut charge, entertaining to a high degree (9)
He teaches Hindus in the morning in Westminster area (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
AM (in the morning) contained by [in] SW1 (Westminster area – a central London postal district)
Prudish type at start of seasonal shoot (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
S{easonal} [at start], PRIG (prudish type)
Died in fire, perhaps, with retired American cleric (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
US (American) reversed [retired], then D (died) contained by [in] BEACON (fire, perhaps)
Russian revolutionary manipulating his votes by lying at first (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Anagram [manipulating] HIS VOTES + B{y} + L{ying} [at first]
Experts in nonpoetic language, mostly (4)
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PROS{e} (nonpoetic language) [mostly]
Inflammation young relative talked of by brook (7)
Like a big cat, one injured in row (7)
Abandon principal type of convertible (8)
Gem displayed by English composer in sports car (6)
Down
A drunk hanging around entrance to Cheltenham racecourse (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A, SOT (drunk) containing [hanging around] C{heltenham} [entrance]
Vilifier's part of speech about feeding wild creatures (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
NOUN (part of speech) + C (about) contained by [feeding] DEER (wild creatures)
A judge unknown to imprison a one-time war hero (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A, J (judge) + X (unknown) containing [to imprison] A. Also known as ‘the foaming cleanser’.
Encroach during tango, lacking good manners (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IN (during), T (tango), RUDE (lacking good manners)
Bird following one in college initially handled with hesitation (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
F (following) + I (one) contained by [in] KING’S (college), then H{andled} [initially], ER (hesitation). The two leading King’s Colleges in the UK are in Cambridge and London. Our new King went to Trinity Cambridge.
Farewell from a girl at European university (5)
Plant university lecturer goes round with priest (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DON (university lecturer) containing [goes round] AND (with) + ELI (priest)
Island school, one on a detached part of Italy (6)
Lied maybe in this way, husband having trapped river bird (4,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SONG (Lied maybe – German song), then THUS (in this way) + H (husband) containing [having trapped] R (river)
Enlightened detectives subjected to insults, perhaps (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DI’S (detectives), ABUSED (subjected to insults, perhaps)
Agreement about securing current for musical instrument (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ACCORD (agreement) + ON (about) containing [securing] I (current)
In South America, a vehicle principally needed in treeless plain (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A + VAN (vehicle) + N{eeded} [principally), contained by [in] SA (South America)
Graduate's key identifying igneous rock (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BA’S (graduate’s), ALT (key)
Layman's first attempt to embrace trendy language (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
L{ayman’s} [first] + GO (attempt) containing [to embrace] IN (trendy)
Small amount of money for bouquet (5)
Fellow attorney's last bit of work (4)
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