Across
Rustic suffered injury and was lame (7)
Misfortune of Spooner's boy, young tearaway? (3,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Reverse the initial characters of LAD (boy) and BUCK (tearaway). For those who are unaware, Rev William Spooner was famous for transposing the initial letters of word pairs, with hilarious results, occasionally.
My character (3)
What a performance! It's this decorator's material! (7,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The best I can do with this is to go via MASK as masquerade, a form of drama involving dance and music. Take it as a verb, and record it and you get a form of performance preserved as a masking tape. Something tells me I’m missing something obvious. Please be kind! George/GLH has indeed been kind: see the first comment below. So foul and fair a clue I have not seen…
Check one performing in selection procedure (8)
Bring hell to lecturer beginning to expound? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Audience participation in the above? HECK a mild euphemism for hell, plus L(ecturer) and the beginning of Expound.
Irish house ending in unexpected trouble (4)
Taker of risks intended, they say, to get improved situation (10)
Criminals: one is facing politician in court (10)
Not happy when eating cold fish (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Not happy SAD consumes C(old). A scad is also known as a horse mackerel (especially when there’s a lot of them?)
Something to be watched that is coming after prison sentence (6)
Honour given to pilot who sits in front seat? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Honour in this case is C(ompanion of) H(onour) given to AIRMAN for pilot. The existing 63 Companions of Honour include Paul MacCartney, Judy Dench and J K Rowling.
Greek philosopher's cunning idea men redeveloped (11)
Profound respect shown by a couple sat facing one another (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A plus W(est) and E(ast) who face each other across a bridge table. Profound disbelief as to why your partner bid 3 hearts is much more common than awe.
Intellectual, say, and good leader (7)
Does this particle actually exist? Chat about that (7)
Down
Rider worn down by care? (7)
What successful stud did, stabling a money-maker? (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The mind briefly boggled over a stallion’s stud activities, but it’s only BRED WINNER with an A “stabled” appropriately.
Learner is kept outside US university bounds (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
L(earner) IS surrounding Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an American Uni.
Junk being dumped on one filthy place? Certainly not the best policy! (10)
Russian saint losing heart — assurance wanted (4)
Do good by admitting sin as Shakespearean character (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The hilariously illiterate (honest!) police boss in Much Ado. DO plus G(ood) plus BY with ERR for sin inserted.
A Parisian male meeting a female (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A male (form) in “Parisian” gives UN and then add A.
Most intense lament is evident across the Channel (7)
Associate to stave off takeover bid? (4,7)
Most formal Catholic hemmed in by nasty atheists (10)
Discordant den interrupted by short call (8)
Vegetable in vehicle getting black over time (7)
Room with muck, one that's awful? (7)
Select prison reportedly offering pleasant experience (6)
Act thought not to involve your setter (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Your setter is ME, which is plucked from DEEMED for thought.
Small bit of machine must be firm and strong ultimately (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CO for firm plus the last of stronG.
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