Across
Deceive rogues, netting £500 (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SWINE (rogues) containing [netting] D (500) + L (£). I wondered if there should be a reversal indicator for L D here, but concluded that in speech £500 translates as ‘five-hundred pounds’ (D, L) in which case the abbreviations are correctly placed for insertion.
Cooked a nice dahl — or another dish perhaps? (9)
Accident finding king in pain (5)
This might make bears threatening (5-8)
A diminutive woman clinging on to piano for support (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A, P (piano), PRO (for), VAL (diminutive woman)
Something witty repeated back: can you beat that? (3-3)
Dissemble merely to cover brand image (6)
Failure of old Labour (8)
Return to office to check official account (13)
Present reporter's award for bravery (5)
River providing habitat for varied insect life (9)
Trust bishop will stop using bad language (5,2)
Don't prod stinging creature caught on vacation (5,2)
Down
Indian's faith having died out (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CREE{d} (faith) [having died out]
Appears to surprise solicitor at first in court (5,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ROCK (surprise), S{olicitor} [at first], UP (in court – up before the judge)
Conservative-supporting branch in uphill struggle? (5)
One often depressed in Nasa drinking den? (5,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The cryptic hint refers to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Main course? (6)
Ridiculously posh opium set becoming reckless (9)
On way back I attack Journal correspondent (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I + RAID (attack) reversed [back], ST (way – street). Is a diarist a correspondent? Perhaps in the world of newspapers and magazines.
A battle for Bond? (10)
Follow instructions, as would-be cleric must (4,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A literal and a cryptic hint
Supervisor accepting fault at last for driving error (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
OVERSEER (supervisor) containing [accepting] {faul}T [at last]. I checked that ‘oversteer’ can be a noun.
University housing area put at risk (8)
The pain of Marcel Proust? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Cryptic relying on ‘pain’ being French for bread. The definition’s a bit loose, but with a checker or two in place it came to mind quite easily.
Great anger when Charlie ousted by Tory leader (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
INCENSE (anger) becomes INTENSE when C (Charlie) is replaced [ousted] by T{ory} [leader]
Save cathedral city — but only just (6)
Jolly cunning to turn up with old flame? (5)
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