Across
Cardinal, no Saint, needing drink (6)
Plant's beginning to hold strike with fear for marine plant (7)
Knock back roll filled with cold ham? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ROTA (roll) reversed (knock back) containing (filled with) C (cold).
In the trunk area, red blazer is snug, restricting one in everything (4,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TIGHT (snug), containing (restricting) all of I (one) in ALL (everything). What a definition, which managed to lead me down many garden paths (last letter, ‘a’, containment, etc.).
Home sewer burst in an unidentified location (9)
Scored opening runs into covers (5)
Like to ogle cut sandwiches and a piece of cake (4)
Traditional gear was in the van — the person driving starts off jerkily (10)
My photo turned out grainier with a mobile imaging technique (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of (mobile) MY PHOTO with first and last of (turned out) GranieR and A. I could see MYPHOTO*, but finding the rest of the fodder took longer than I would care to admit!
Mathematical expressions only half written down in class (4)
Entrance to house new for one delivering gift? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DOOR (entrance) containing (to house) N (new).
Mass evacuation following company disturbance (9)
Film buff's second contender to collect for example Oscar (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MO (moment, second) + VIER (contender), containing (to collect) EG (for example) and O (oscar).
Computer modeller and designer (5)
South African nurses nitpick on emptying small potty (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BOER (South African) containing (nurses) NitpicK (first and last, on emptying), then S (small).
Riot in court compound is initiated by judge (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ESTER (compound) after (in initiated by) J (judge). Easier when you’re not staring at _E_T_N for some reason. You are spoiling us now, setter.
Down
Short-term tenant in trouble with IRS (9)
What acts as a connection is time — hours add up (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IS + T (time) + H (hours) + reversal of (up) SUM (add). Connecting two pieces of land.
Cast can read out loud (6)
Inside measurement is key for collar (5)
Exhausted learner coming in to land very well (3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
first and last of (exhausted) LearneR contained in (coming in) ALIGHT (to land).
Female workers implicated in Watergate scandal (7)
Extremist papers served up the same thing (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
OTT (over the top, extremist) + ID (papers), all reversed (served up).
Court in support over proposed US constitutional amendment and the like (2,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CT (court) in TEE (support), all reversed (over), then ERA (Equal Rights Amendment, proposed US constitutional amendment, NHO).
One quickly passes on first show of Edinburgh fringe after parking takes an age (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
first letter (first show) of Edinburgh + HEM (fringe) after P (parking) + ERA (an age).
One proposing to get married in a prominent landmark south of New Orleans initially (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
M (married) + IN + A + TOR (prominent landmark), all beneath (south of) the first letters of (initially) New and Orleans.
Distress caused by brief violent behaviour one evening (8)
It could drive many people mad missing out on promotion, challenging in vain (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Mad after deleting (missing out on) ‘ad’ (promotion), then an anagram of (challenging) IN VAIN.
This could cause rustiness in old worker, say, after eleven days (7)
Force European to stand in for a year in an English resort (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Swap in E (European) for A Y (a year) in TORQUay (an English resort).
Contrary lad concluding early medical discharge (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
reverse all of (contrary) BOy (lad) without its last (concluding early) and MED (medical).
Put out daughter's head of cabbage in rubbish (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
the ‘d’ (daughter) in dROSS (rubbish) is (instead) the first letter (head) of Cabbage.
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