Across
Card game with limits on pack, reportedly? (6)
As is surface of mirror, reflecting shops entered by minister (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
reversal of REV in DELIS
Companion taking time out from first part of novel? (9)
Bill's partner visited by doctor in group (5)
Hobson's choice — with only sugar cubes? (4,2,2,4,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
slightly odd wordplay: if you use cubes rather than granulated sugar, you use lumps. Hobson’s choice refers to situations where you have no real choice.
Heading past it, leaseholder's housing (5)
Flower put on garlands also by priest (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
AND (also) ELI (priest) in DON (put on); or, if you prefer, DON wraps (‘garlands’) AND & ELI
How to contain runs after evident result of fielding error (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
first cricketing clue: OVERT (evident) followed by (‘after’) HOW containing R (runs)
Fighting earlier involving leaders in Glorious Revolution (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
G R in AGO
Note I tremble after death march's beginning (14)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DEMISE M[arch] I QUAVER
Poetry in very old language (5)
Blunder in Caribbean location not initiated by an irregular soldier (9)
Monk's home brewing Mary's ale (8)
Music genre for example, a type of jazz that's retro (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
reversal of EG (for example) A RAG (type of jazz); not a genre I am familiar with
Down
Risky investment — not the first — embezzlement! (10)
Phoney call from pond life? (5)
Recluse wound up watch in middle of week (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TIMER reversed (‘wound up’) in [w]EE[k]
Current transaction, visionary (5)
French nobleman failing to keep order, ending in defeat (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
OM (order [of merit]) [defea]T in VICE (failing)
Left at the crease doubled up, player upset about that (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IN IN (batting in cricket – twice) in GAMER (player) reversed
Portal with bar up, zero getting in (4)
Enthusiastic volunteer having to improve before grammar lesson? (2-6)
Aggressive and popular solver's champion, keeping fine (2-4-4)
At this point, Father carried by boy out of that place (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
HERE (at this point) FR (father) in TOM (boy)
Piece hot off the press, Times cryptic (4,4)
Fuel in test that's explosive, ladies and gentlemen (7)
Tanks in piazza stripped, one occupying area after evacuation (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
[s]QUAR[e] (piazza ‘stripped’) I (one) in A[re]A (after the middle part has been ‘evacuated’)
Hungry vampire, Dracula biting the vicar last of all (5)
House where burglar, say, drops in? (5)
Bad to be wrongly directed (4)
Type letters or click words in the clue
