Across
Pet about to return, so put out food? (5)
Soak takes crack (not Ecstasy), a sleep-inducing drug (9)
Sandwich spread and spam served with tea, note (4,5)
Londoner's mate from the Potteries? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CHINA (Londoner’s mate – CRS: China plate). ‘From the potteries’ adds cryptic support.
Supported DUP, the old leaders having deserted (6)
Musical roundabout (8)
Unwilling? (9)
Oxygen provided during close call (5)
Amount of corn perhaps that's not known for so long? (5)
Light support from one breaking into wonderful cry of approval (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I (one) contained by [breaking into] GRAND (wonderful), OLÉ (cry of approval). My LOI I was completely stuck on it until the G-checker arrived. Not a word I knew and it has only come up previously in a Jumbo long ago and two Mephisto puzzles.
Returning Yankee to preserve notes for all time (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Y (Yankee) + TIN (preserve) + RE + TE (notes) all reversed [returning]
Energy of cities, modern and ancient (6)
"There's no commoner letter ...." (Macbeth) (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
There’s no commoner letter THAN E. Before he became King of Scotland, Macbeth was Thane of Glamis and later Thane of Cawdor.
Learning dancing routine with Di (9)
Basic English, with the French in mind (9)
Thunder in Seville? You'll get clean through that (5)
Down
Council facility U? (9,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{COMM}U{NITY} [CENTRE]
Tortoiseshell initially spots litter (5)
Waves, but just a little applause? (7)
Frame airline before start of hijack (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SAS (airline – Scandinavian Airlines System Group), H{ijack} [start of…]. As in window frames.
In France, Peter eats fruit in second home? (4-1-5)
Heads for colleges in hills beyond park (7)
Works alone: career's very unhappy, we hear (5,4)
She's let brother loose with Acton? (9,6)
Worst of anything I kept in home (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
AUGHT (anything) + I contained by [kept in] NEST (home)
Brand new teen drama (5,4)
Frank getting Charlie into crime before once (7)
I repeatedly snore — sadly making more din (7)
Bulb working repeatedly without one (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ON + ON (working) [repeatedly] containing [without] I
Some knitting quietly used rude language originally (4)
Type letters or click words in the clue
