Across
Injury from kick aimed at player after three from Messi (8)
Large section of church died apostate (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Forget denominational prejudice, this is just L[arge] APSE for section of church and D[ied]
With alien agitators on planet, show who's boss (4,3,8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Alien agitators are ET ROUSERS, placed on W[ith] planet EARTH. Respace.
Cautious states led by king during revolt (4-6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
States gives AVERS, put K[ing] on the front, enclose all in RISE from revolt.
Feature of cathedral music, probably also of the choir (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
St Pauls, for example, has 9 a second acoustic, and most cathedrals are sufficiently cavernous. Our answer is hidden in th E CHO ir
Team not finishing wine by itself (7)
Comic error putting half human on British throne (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A throne can be facetiously a LOO, with B[ritish] on one end and PER[son], half a human, on the other.
Judges again pardon separating parents (7)
Twisted tootsie sounded OK (5-2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Tootsie is either a foot or a toe, in our case twisted tootsie is WRY TOE, sound it out.
Use machine to raise papa out of bed, taking minutes (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
NATO Papa, UP for out of bed, insert M[inutes].
Batter on fish is rubbish (10)
Tea MP arranged with lieutenant with two more to come (15)
Biologist's woolly article boring near the end (6)
Hose between the sheets in Spooner's aforementioned crate (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Spooner might have essayed SAID BOX
Down
For puzzling last word, missing first letter (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
As in the train is for London. An anagram (puzzling) of LAST WORD, striking the L.
Time can be found reversing (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Can be found really needs a plural subject to work: letters can be found/ARE in this word. Reverse ARE.
Oval filled at lunchtime, maybe pair batted incredibly (5,5)
Fat root spliced in case of subsidence (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I still think fat is not especially helpful to indicate this plump, well rounded root vegetable (rutebaga to my US friends). Splice gives you WED, inserted into S[ubsidenc]E (case of).
Connect with answer yet? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A[nswer] and BUT for yet. Succinct, yet/but understandable.
Setting up funds, visit Washington, a friend having cased it (4,7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SEE from visit, Washington is DC, and A PAL for a friend takes in IT.
Very scratched from stumble across dancer in club (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Ugh! Only dictionary definitions are found on Google, with no examples being found in the wild. V[ery] removed unwillingly from DISCOVER for stumble across.
A bit of woodwork irritated lawyers (8)
Small point about retaining unpopular player performing badly for City (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
More not quite footie. S[mall] P[oin]T ON for about placed round unpopular: OUT, (theatrical) player performing badly: HAM.
Be useful too, nag ordered girl (3,2,5)
Mud on ground covering island, time to get off (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
An anagram (ground) of MUD ON with IS[land] inserted and T[ime] added.
Archangel's censure upset Jacob's wife (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Censure is RAP, Jacob’s first wife (from the days when God was apparently more relaxed about bigamy) is LEAH, who needs to be upset, as she was indeed by Jacobs preference for his second wife, the younger and prettier Rachel.
Unlucky fellow rid of cold? Not so (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Fellow is CHAP, from which C[old] is expunged. Not so (I think) gives your LESS.
Only five parts to decode (5)
Gentle hits reflected fight that's not serious (4)
Middle section of walk is circular part (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The middle three letters of m ARC h
Type letters or click words in the clue