Across
Land in base is becoming a slum? (8)
Beer with a politician? That's chancy (8)
Owing money, one might say for sport (4)
Livid with waste after team admits shortage (5,3,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BAND (team) has LACK (shortage) inserted then BLUE = waste.
Armstrong not needing a second to master new little piece of music (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Louis Armstrong was a.k.a. SATCHMO, delete the MO (second) and insert N for new.
America backing Europeans and East Africans (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
US reversed, DANES (Europeans) E (east).
Great supplies at the front packed by soldiers into two cases for your compiler (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I and ME being the subjective and objective cases for the setter, insert MEN (soldiers) and S[upplies].
Tango unknown in country dances (7)
History exam such work for priest? (8)
Short expression wears thin in speech (6)
Foreign trips arranged for the ballet (4,2,6)
Something to do with seeing taxi in bad weather (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
a double definition, I think, when you see a taxi you might hail it.
Sort of sweater I knitted (2,2,4)
For one single day turning to face nameless severe misfortune (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
AS I D (for one, single, day, reversed), STER[N] = nameless severe.
Down
Drug has speeding driver almost stupefied (8)
Where literally all the world's a stage? (5,7)
Trounces in sporting fixture, having run to eliminate one of the Europeans (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
THE ASHES, the crucial cricket series just begun again last week, loses the first of its E[uropeans].
Rather gloomy beauty hugging chest (7)
Brezhnev seen in the shower (6)
Distant bird call over lake (4)
Fire watched over in the range (8)
Absolutely prevent good men wearing women's clothing (4,2,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BAN (prevent) G[ood], then OR (men, ordinary ranks) inside TIGHTS (women’s clothing).
Hazard accepting a particular size (8)
One maybe on the phone comes up and tells (8)
Cherish sinner — he needs to reform (8)
Head of fleet, docked, collapsed into bed (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
F[leet], LOPPED = docked, cut off.
Man on small boat is right behind (6)
Consider losing kilos to get slim (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
THINK (consider) loses K.
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