Across
Will's gift follows Lorraine's from official body (8)
FC Espanyol's wingers or chap from Barcelona? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MAN U(FC, football club), then the external letters in EspanyoL. Que?
I appreciate that golf game (3)
Problem for schools is forgiven, oddly? Hard to stop it (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of IS,FORGIVEN containing H(hard)
Upfront in struggling with pros and cons here (4,6)
A number in West Side Story save its opening song (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The number in West Side Story is MARIA, remove the first letter
Area with great resources but not one sign of McDonald's (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A(area) and RICHES(great resources) minus I(one)
Playmaker during sports day showed contempt (7)
Knight shot on horse in Italian battle (7)
Misfortunes always in poetry? Too right! (3,3)
Number ones from Simple Minds, say, after Rolling Stones (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
first letters in Simple, Minds and EG(say) all reversed
Kid's caught with booze in part of music practice (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MINOR’S(kid’s), C(caught) and ALE(booze)
Capital area healthy nurses can gate-crash on vacation (7,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
NOT ILL(healthy) containing TIN(can) and the external letters of Gate-crasH
India isn't seen in state that surprises me (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
remove I(india) from the state of OHIO
Cutting funding from the west, I see Liberal making bloomer (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
AID(funding) reversed containing AH(I see), L(liberal)
Gave off energy, keeping Anne's successor in pain (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of GAVE, then E(energy) containing GRI(George Rex Imperator – King George I, successor to Queen Anne). Got this from the definition and worked out the wordplay for the blog. There’s comments that this should be GR and I separately, apologies to my long gone namesake king.
Down
Unwanted, half-hearted, pitiable Edward's upset (2,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
POOR(pitiable) missing one of the middle letters, and TED(Edward) all reversed
Little drained river filled by good hose? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
the exterior letters of LittlE, and WEAR(river) containing G(good)
Shocking pink ought to get blocked by Head of Rugby making uniform decisions (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of PINK, OUGHT containing the first letter in Rugby
Councillor corrects officer, with call for analysis before making advance (6,7)
Slip out of large alcove (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LAPSE(slip) minus L(large)
Unusually long feature film's rating dispute entertaining writer? (7)
People kept inside houses pull up those making slow progress (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LAGS(people kept inside) containing DRAG(pull) reversed
Complaint affecting consumer goods — opinion broadcast loudly at first (4,9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of GOODS,OPINION after F(loudly)
Merchant ship carrying boulders periodically (10)
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WHALER(ship) containing alternating letters in bOuLdErS
Fancied precious metal parts one dug up (8)
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AG(silver, precious metal) inside I(one), MINED(dug up)
Gag about parent sporting tie lacking originality (7)
Allied countries in a French article in France, say (7)
Favour European up to now (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BE FOR(favour), E(European)
Note gets repeated in soprano's part (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MI(note) repeated. Referring to the soprano character in La Boheme
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