Across
Inability to see approach quoted verbally by head (4-11)
Fix male a part in song and dance (9)
Plot left half-finished for tree (5)
Problem with fool replacing oxygen in space (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
HOLE (space) becomes HASSLE when ASS (fool) replaces O (oxygen)
Never to be? Almost that, translated (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Anagram [translated] of NEVER TO B{e} [almost]. German for ‘forbidden’ which I suppose might be loosely translate as ‘never to be’. Edit: I am assured by those that know about these things that the definition here is &lit.
Herb is sage, essentially, in unlimited clover (6)
Ability to read what's on low-fat labels — juicy or fruity? (8)
One thing in another — that's the answer (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A semi-cryptic hint refers to chemistry where one substance is dissolved in another to make a solution.
Pay homage to former queen always being recalled (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ER (former queen) + EVER (always) reversed [being recalled]
Kingdom's leading name is a married poet (8)
High time for something new (6)
Girl embracing Italian in friendship (5)
And I learn about what increases blood pressure (9)
What sides in Crécy might indicate? Conflict, a long one (7,5,3)
Down
Mounting, note pale outside of river mammal (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LAH (note) + WAN (pale) containing [outside of] R (river) all reversed [mounting]
Protection of key island beset by rising waters (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
G (key – music) + I (island) contained [beset] by SEA (waters) reversed [rising]. From a Greek word for ‘shield’ this is sometimes used in the expression ‘under the aegis of’.
Sailor seen in minimal weak illumination (9)
Silly to continue (4)
Article on control needed to hold minute instrument (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
THE (definite article), then REIN (control) containing [to hold] M (minute). Notably played in the theme to Midsomer Murders – the old episodes anyway. In the recent ones it’s drowned out by an orchestra.
Protest with British farewell to the army? (5)
One living abroad losing right to wander about (9)
Brought up OK around new favourite London area (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
YES (OK) containing [around] N (new) + PET (favourite) all reversed [brought up]
Ill-bred person, very European, going topless (9)
Judgement on top batsman's early drink of alcohol (3-6)
Chap surrounded by fruit who loves eating (8)
Greens succeeded getting area covered by press (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
S (succeeded), then A (area) contained [covered] by PINCH (press)
Queen in European country upset Reagan, perhaps (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
E (European), LEA (country – tract of open ground, esp. grassland), then RON (Reagan, perhaps) reversed [upset]. There are loads of Queen Eleanors to choose from, but the English queen was Eleanor of Aquitaine who married King Henry II.
Young man, a king or Russian noble (5)
Sanction unproductive without fine (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{f}ALLOW (unproductive) [without fine]
Interpret the meaning of when Conservative society's abandoned right (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{cons}TRUE (interpret the meaning of) [when Conservative Society’s abandoned]
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