Across
Subatomic merger in our fuel — cans buckling! (7,6)
Giant blunder in field, Rome rescinding order (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
OG (blunder in field = Own Goal) + ROME – (rescinding) OM (order)
The limit in having no power around Paddington? (10)
Sailor bitter about boarding ship produces film (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TAR (sailor) + RAW (bitter) reversed (about) in (boarding) SS (ship)
Guided through central Leon, missile finds old capital (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SCUD (missile) in (guided through) middle letters of (central) LEON Capital meaning currency!
Offensive show covering Hell's inner regions (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
INDICATE (show) around (covering) middle letters of (‘s inner regions) HELL
Naked scoundrel at last donning pants (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
last letter of (at last) SCOUNDREL in (donning) BAD (pants)
Ancient priests in one school, coming from the east (4)
City of Lima in one answer that's anagrammed (3,7)
Senator one recalled, an adviser to Nero (6)
Shop piano, used in brooding genre, backing Mathieson? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
P (piano) in (used in) EMO (brooding genre) + MUIR (Mathieson?) reversed (backing) Didn’t know the fellow.
Landlord with brains printed notepaper (10)
Scandinavians displaying no forte, the boozers (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
FINNS (Scandinavians) – (displaying no) F (forte)
Politician having chat outside Parliament is warmer? (10,3)
Down
Evening watching telly perhaps with good beer in Florence? (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
NIGHT IN (evening watching telly perhaps) + (with) G (good) ALE (beer) This is a very good clue.
Companion always providing festive fare (5)
Teaching English with Latin could upset learners leaving (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
E (English) + (with) LATIN COULD anagrammed (upset) – L L (learners leaving)
Coffee business included in register of names (7)
Arbitrary decree given in country when close to collapse (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
UK (country) + AS (when) + last letter of (close to) COLLAPSE
The Spanish writer with garment lifting becomes tetchy (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
EL (the[, in] Spanish) BIC (writer) + (with) SARI (garment) all reversed (lifting)
Where Neagh is, lough, duck found therein? (3)
Queen occasionally insulted drunken hooligans (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
every other letter of (occasionally) QUEEN + INSULTED anagrammed (drunken)
Focal point in long poem with short introduction (9)
Famed Greek in Brussels irrational, taking travels round (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
EU (Brussels) + PI (irrational) in (taking round) RIDES (travels)
To which ruined tower cardinal is admitted? (7)
Skirt or a pair worn? (5)
Downfall: government's leader reproaching himself? (5)
Starter of quail for instance — and goose (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
EG ‘G’ (starter of goose for instance) I imagine there will be objections to this one, but I appreciate the coordinate grammatical structure.
Type letters or click words in the clue
