Across
Bad attitude, say, during Christmas scene (10)
Letters penned by dilettante, a lazy dabbler (4)
Novelist's desperate, lacking time and energy to break into television (8)
Ambassador having pretentious tendencies is jovial (6)
Where to get a taxi from station (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
the first of several double definitions (DDs)
After selling out, what shopkeeper's doing about legwear (10)
Handle isn't working with frame (5,4)
Bust — or the opposite overwhelming society (5)
Close game that's without odds? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TIG (game – like tag, I think) [t]H[a]T; close and tight as in the eponymous antihero of the play referenced in 7 down
In Le Monde, a determined journo is without proof (9)
E.g. TikTok star is awfully cruel, not primarily fine (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CRUEL N[ot] FINE*; anagram indicated by ‘awfully’
Madame Bovary is a classic novel (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
the character in Gustave Flaubert’s novel is called Emma, and of course Emma is one of Jane Austen’s six completed novels.
Force old banks in Berne to save 51 thousand pounds (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LI (51) G (grand = thousand) in O (old) BE (the outside letters – ‘banks’ – of B[ern]E)
Doughty United supporter backing attack (8)
The main hazard for an experimental composer (4)
One providing rapid delivery of dish received by person who won't eat it? (4,6)
Down
Harry Potter in film's premiere creating revenue (3,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
POTTER IN F[ilm]*
Golden Age Hollywood actress to tear tabloid up (7)
Brushing off one good impediment to marriage proposal? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I (one) G (good) NO RING (tee-hee!)
Staff admitted to wearing priestly garments in capitalist organisations (10,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I’ve never heard of these, but then again, I’ve never been something in the City; it’s CLUB (staff – not MEN!) in IN (wearing) VESTMENTS, where ‘admitted to’ is the containment indicator
Comment made when contemptuous lout grabs bishop (3-3)
Finally get hold of dog with fluffy hair (5,4)
Italian merchant's donation, wanting day off (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
[d]ONATION* (the word ‘donation’ lacking – wanting – D for day); the anagram indicator is ‘off’. Hands up all those who thought the Merchant of Venice was actually Shylock!
Austrians spent this start of September relaxing (9)
Maybe Brummie lad badly nursed by nanny (9)
Dwell to the north, welcoming fix for part of entrance (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
JAM (fix – ‘I’m in a right fix/jam) in BROOD (dwell – ‘No need to brood/dwell on that’) reversed
Sign snobs flee without clothing, which is unseemly (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
the first three words without their first and last letters (‘clothing’) will give you the answer
Nothing new in flipping commercial shopping centre (4,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DA (AD reversed) N in MALL
Concerned with this lady's adversary turning up (6)
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