Across
Screens bank for weakness (5,4)
He may perhaps steal piano and flute (5)
One cramming viscount in possession of drugs into posh car (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
VIS (viscount) contained by (i.e. in the possession of, possessed by) E+E (drugs), all in RR (Rolls Royce, posh car).
Eulogies once I am gone (7)
Report of secretive life in Irish town (5)
Bananas aren't nice fruit (9)
Contemptuous expression of son leaving party (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BAsH (party) without the ‘s’ (son).
Intimate knowledge of face-lifts going wrong (5,2,4)
Talks of people welcoming self-seeker, no saint (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
NATION (people) containing EGOIst (self-seeker) minus the ‘st’ (saint).
Characters facing embarrassment always tease and scoff (3)
Shorn ewe followed by shaggy ram in agitated state (7-2)
Cold, shy, surly person (5)
Old playwright bitten by Greek bird (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
O (old) + SHAW (playwright), inside GK (Greek).
Near middle of pub, almost horizontal (7)
Some concern as alarm sounded by hooter (5)
Cleaner of busy royal fellow (9)
Down
Coach full of sailors feels very hot (5)
Sound off, given rum in outskirts of Ipswich (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of GIVEN inside the outermost letters of IpswicH.
Make uneasy male dons ready for a dance? (9)
Skills needed to raise issue (11)
Kick tenor missing note (3)
Commanding Officer carried over a drink (5)
Doctrine briefly troubles one member of Muslim sect (7)
Ordering lap dances, church folk start to tremble (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of LAP, then CE (church) + MEN (folk) + first letter of Tremble.
Protein in dairy item, for example (4,2,5)
Bishop and wife covering Greek festival, the latest fad (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
B (bishop) AND W (wife) + AGON (Greek (film?) festival). NHO that last bit.
Duty gives way to enjoyment in special kind of railway (9)
Explains away ultimately puzzling disappearances (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
last letter of puzzlinG + LOSSES (disappearances).
Learned about boomerangs Buddhist men regularly used (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
RE (about) reversed, then every other letter from bUdDhIsT mEn.
Head of Logistics phoned up boss (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
first of Logistics + RANG (phoned), all reversed. Come to think of it, this went in with a shrug at the time. I’m not sure about the synonymy: a knot in a tree, or to domineer, perhaps?
Guy slips clothes off (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
sKIDs (slips) missing the outermost letters.
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