Across
Master versus riotous characters in new form (8)
Former monarchy's ideal is to lose power (6)
Electric light circuit disrupted by introduction of mains (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
M[ains] inside LAP.
Overdo funny extra gag in middle of speech (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
(EXTRA GAG)* inside [sp] E E [ch].
Instrumental interludes, right? One has any number in Torelli (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
R[ight], I (one), TORELLI with N inserted. I did the wordplay and got a word I vaguely knew but couldn’t have told you exactly what it means. Torelli was an Italian Baroque musician so the surface is rather elegant I think.
Couple object in detail (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I think this is a double definition, the second being ITEM as in a list of items, especially being read out repeatedly in America. Or is it also a triple definition?
What's wrapped in Cambridge burial place (8)
Where plane could be no good in coastal fog (6)
Like an ancient civilisation on fringes of Argive Greece, Anatolian? (6)
Strong warning leader's upset right (3,5)
Nearly genius track from aspiring band (4)
Preparing for war, bring up male soldiers in appropriate technology (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
REAR (bring up) M[ale], MEN (soldiers) inside AT (appropriate, technology).
Western chance to remove leader following first of October (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ACCIDENTAL loses its A after O[ctober].
Willing object of pursuit (4)
One's put out by train companies cancelling runs repeatedly (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
RAILWAYS “cancels” R (runs) and loses I (one). Does always mean repeatedly? Not really.
Nun chose to undergo training as one without equal (8)
Down
At home, a casual night with mum staying in can be dull (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IN (at home), A NITE with MA inside.
Pudding's one conveniently run up with South American tuber (7)
Water round Cape with remains regularly seen (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
O (round) C[ape], [r]E [m]A [i] N [s].
Savoy served up peeled eggs (3)
Wretched article quickly issued covering India (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
AN (article), GUSHED (quickly issued), insert I for India.
Fall holding good after a king's put on trial (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A, R (king), RAIN with G inserted.
Extraordinary journey when queen is delayed (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
journey = ROUTE, move the R to a later spot.
Large peninsula in part of West Africa (7)
Unclaimed narcotic not started by bar (9)
Organic working outside over months of rural economy (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
O[ver], M[onths] inside (ORGANIC)*.
Unusual spectacles perhaps cut round outside of the ear (7)
Fine porcelain I am getting packed into boxes (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I’M inside LOGES, which are boxes as in a theatre.
Be better than what's caught in river and lake (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
C[aught] inside the river EXE, L[ake].
Author, not English, that's written about a city (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
our author is A.A. MILNE, drop the E and insert A.
Make leather to flog (3)
Type letters or click words in the clue