Across
Suffering anguish from public school education (8)
Lake bends around urban area (6)
Manipulate women's point of view (6)
Fewer old bananas produced blossoms (8)
Covert agent abandoning the last course of action (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PLANT(covert agent) minus the last letter
Soldiers controlling movements around the centre of Belgium (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CONTINENT(controlling bowel movements) around the middle letter of belGium. This is the clue that caused my outbust.
Opportunity for faction to seize power (8)
Measure of warmth associated with a garment (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TOG(a measure of thermal insulation), A
Musical performer keen to make a comeback (4)
A bad experience having knocked back too much booze (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A, MARE(bad experience), then OTT(too much) reversed
Challenging leader marks a test loosely (10)
So, the final part of Sherlock is excellent! (4)
Famous hotel is ring-shaped (8)
Instrument position to cover bowler's target (6)
Popular party is overrun (6)
What hosts large competition for one part of football team? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
EH(what) containing L(large) and EVENT(competition)
Down
Architects primarily like skyscrapers in any shape or form (2,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
the first letter of Architects then TALL(like skyscrapers)
Capital green space kept rangers busy (7,4)
Horrible twerp regularly made a lasting impression? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
alternating letters in tWeRp, ETCHED(made a lasting impression)
Opposite of a sure thing (8,7)
Wooden top from table with durable exterior (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
first letter of Table inside SOLID(durable)
Some very expensive whiskey (3)
Small piece required for board game evening? (9)
Poor child sputtering terribly and close to collapse (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of SPUTTERING, then the last letter in collapsE
Destruction of one old city upset people (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I(one) and UR(old city) reversed, then NATION(people)
Type of clue featuring in extremely likeable game (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
an ACROSS clue inside the external letters of LikeablE
Region inhabited by rook, duck and lorikeet? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PART(region) containing R(rook) and O(duck)
Conservative/Labour split (5)
Match that Napoli lose in the end (3)
Type letters or click words in the clue