Across
Further busy folk including James, for one (7)
That's disgusting about getting fingerprints on jimjams (7)
County town likens Lenin to rock (11)
Couple wanting anything from Yorkshire in retirement (3)
Boy with odd bits of ideas where girls may go (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LAD(boy) and alternating letters in IdEaS
Valve casing in Triumph dry in part (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
external letters in TriumpH, then TT(dry) inside ROLE(part)
Job done en bloc by us and our shift (4,4,5)
Spread nap out in hide streaked with grey (6-3-4)
Slow Conservative hotline maybe deleting its first answer (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
the Conservative hotline would be DIAL-A-TORY, remove the first A(answer)
Satellite towns regularly visited east of Gong River (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
alternating letters in tOwNs after OBE(gong), R(river). OBERON is a moon of Uranus
Thick part of disc (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
this was my last in, and it looks like a double definition… could it be referring to an old computer term that FAT is a type of filesystem on a disc?
Experts using second-rate checks tied up when caught? (6,5)
Tedious stretch before Fourth of July (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LENGTH(stretch) and the fourth letter in julY
One pressing to stop extremely smarmy MP's consultation (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
URGER(one pressing) inside the external letters of SmarmY. MP can mean Medical Provider in the USA, but I don’t see it as an abbreviation for such in Collins.
Down
Insect, note, crossing line in pursuit of another (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TE(musical note) surrounding L(line) after BEE(another insect)
Polish expert finds fish (4,3)
Pretend I'm blessed in action (9)
Dispatch poverty? Not difficult (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
HARDHIP(poverty) minus HARD(difficult)
Case, not the first to pursue small fiends (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SHELL(case) minus the first letter, then HOUND(pursue), S(small)
British language not appearing initially in House (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
B(British), then LINGO(language) minus the first letter
When French director once, caught changing (7)
Arguably, one proving journalist is clean? (8)
Crikey: large commercial interrupting fine, heavenly musical (2,4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MY(crikey), then L(large), AD(commercial) inside F(fine) and AIRY(heavenly)
Istanbul releasing first unusual list around capital (4,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of ISTANBUL minus IST(first), then ROTA(list) reversed. Capital of Mongolia
Gym shoes picked up European variant of flu — you'd get this from spitting (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DAPS(sym shoes) reversed, then E(European) and an anagram of FLU. Spitting can refer to digging
Basque sport curtailed in contact with pack from another (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PELOTA(Basque sport) minus the last letter, then ON(in contact with)
University, primarily for effect, pursuing biting hypocrite (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
U(university) and the first letters in For Effect, after TART(biting). I have only seen this with a double F, but Collins has both versions
Rowan eg may be so difficult (6)
New Year abroad, touring centre of prohibited region (5)
Burden at the expense of The Times? (4)
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