Across
Secret clique led by Democrat in China? (6,3)
Old lady on organ is hot stuff (5)
Eats in the afternoon (4,3)
Definitely 50 per cent off (3,4)
Area left covered in sheets (5)
He directs opening of Titanic, remade on a train (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
T{itanic} [opening of…], anagram [remade] ON A TRAIN
Deficit curtailed season on Broadway (9)
Savage beast's last gasp (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PAN (savage – e.g. give something a bad review), {beas}T [last]
See you in transit at airport (2-2)
Bull inspiring wonder and laughter (9)
Guy charged with current murder is copper's source (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MALE (guy) containing [charged with] AC (current) + HIT (murder). I didn’t associate this mineral with copper so I had to wait for checkers and construct the answer from wordplay.
Modern Madras's boundless colour (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{c}HENNA{i} (modern Madras) [boundless]. This was the one I used aids for as I couldn’t remember the city’s new name. I was never going to get to it from wordplay because HENNA clued as a colour rather than a dye would not have occurred to me.
Rather frail married couple welcoming each brief kiss (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
W+ H (married couple – wife / husband) containing [welcoming] EA (each) + KIS{s} [brief]
Half-blind from love, yet endlessly in distress (3-4)
Charge round room after case of stout (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
S{tou}T [case of…], O (round}, RM (room). Storm the barricades!
Pickled nut, dreary fare (3,6)
Down
Her son goes crazy with daughter ahead in polls (7)
Alcohol and orgy regularly banned (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{a}N{d} O{r}G{y} [regularly banned]. This can be a type of beer or short for an egg-nog, a hot or cold alcoholic drink with added egg.
Value one's manor houses (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ESTATE (manor) contains [houses] I’M (one’s)
Not much study time (5)
Sign for staff meaning break cut short (5,4)
Dog biting American man's backside for sport (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MUTT (dog) containing [biting] A (American) + {ma}N [’s backside]. I had no idea about the definition here but have since found this in SOED: sport (biology): A plant (or part of a plant), animal, etc., which exhibits some abnormal or striking variation from the parent stock or type, esp. in form or colour; a spontaneous mutation; a new variety produced in this way. NHO this.
Force poor navigator to adopt new way of processing data (11)
Slight cockiness after first-class foxtrot (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A (first-class), F (foxtrot – NATO alphabet), FRONT (cockiness). An action or remark that causes outrage or offence.
Naughty Lolita, mad on sherry (11)
British leaving African capital, lost and in distress (9)
Wool caught on tree by lake (8)
Understood issue coming up in the past (4,3)
Cheer dad, cycling in valley (7)
School teaching division (6)
Celebrity's second spare jet (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{c}E{lebrity’s} [second], BONY (spare). Black.
One letter read aloud (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Aural wordplay [read aloud] “U” (letter). One / you may say that.
Type letters or click words in the clue