Across
One clearing up mess decks with basket (4,5)
Madly busy chap I see talking (5)
Girl abandoned opera part, close to return (7)
Promoted, work was satisfying — returned lively! (2-5)
Guide always follows the way (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ST + E’ER.
Is not the first to discover discharge in kidneys (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
REIN(VENT)S.
On publication day, beer at New College (8)
A female tennis ace (4)
Actually withdrawing a pound in bank (4)
Two aliens, one with no answer for hard taskmaster (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MARTI[a]N + ET, very clever, I must say.
Couple like party not to end? Time I'm going (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
AS + SOCIA[l] + T[im]E.
Assume one is in position (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
POS(I)T – now here’s a genuine chestnut.
Limit a territory parrot is kept in (7)
Old Lionheart spitting out one fruit here (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
O + R[i]CHARD.
Hate Hobart, shivering when temperature drops (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Anagram of HOBAR[t].
Collapsed, going by railway? Don't use the line? (6,3)
Down
Devoutly hopes to hear appreciative remarks (5)
Playwright, one who asked for more money, a forger (6,9)
Starry team? One that is (8)
Disabled, needing oxygen by the sea (3-5)
Pictures about one American pope (4,2)
Reason I'm confused with vote (6)
Is Douglas linked with England? So Donne told us (2,3,2,2,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Cryptic hint, an obvious write-in for most solvers.
The up platform? (5,4)
Cocktail to pick up at lunchtime perhaps reluctantly at first, a small quantity (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
AT I + R[eluctantly] + GRAM, all upside-down, an answer most solvers will simply write in.
Morale so bad in auction house (8)
Unusual form of capital Y (8)
Sweet little thing in city retreat (6)
Express disappointment in feeble books (6)
Obsequious type turning up these days for radio programme (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TOADY with the A.D. reversed.
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