Across
Something immune to challenge, customs-wise, landed aboard boat (6,3)
Person with plenty of time dismantled rifle (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Anagram [dismantled] of RIFLE
Funny mineral found in mountain pass (7)
Unplait curls for wedding (7)
Positions spectacles on one's ears? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Aural wordplay [on one’s ears]: “sights” (spectacles)
Altercation between boozer and son, a wheeler-dealer? (6,3)
Mother stopping in city destroyed close relationship (8)
Solo number from West Side Story missing intro (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{M}ARIA (number from West Side Story) [missing intro]
Angry god from the east (4)
Fix data set for digital manager (4,4)
Dictatorship decides pot is malevolent to some extent (9)
Trifle endlessly, frolicking (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Anagram [frolicking] of TRIFL{e} [endlessly]
Articulate sign up for series of talks (7)
Drama (TV) where politicians took a stand (7)
Stretch of forest habitat around bits of Thailand (5)
Shabby, dilapidated home: a tent (4-5)
Down
Caught half-a-dozen cats (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Aural wordplay [caught]: “six” (half-a-dozen). I’ve heard this expression before, usually in ‘cats up’
Wake up, time for school — change, not having cold to get over (4,2,5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
COME TO (wake up), TERM (time for school), SWIT{c}H (change) [not having cold]
Might I pass exam, scoring 50 per cent? See you at half-term (6,2)
State where Congress banned a bicycle, bizarrely (8)
Rugby score underpinning victory characteristic of season (6)
US cops on leave picked up devoted admirer (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LAPD (US cops), then GO (leave) reversed [picked up]
Force freedom in hearing where criminals once hung mischief-maker (15)
Tie once more, going round course at which most won't reach finish line? (5,4)
It could be theft of internal post (6,3)
Monkey to stroll scratching tail in souk? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MOSE{y} (stroll) [scrapping tail] contained by [in] MAR~T (souk). I was distracted for a while when parsing, thinking that ‘souk’ was to be ‘market’.
Vintage candle, perhaps one separated from candle-holder? (3,5)
Trade union beset by enemies, one needing Labour in due course (6)
Crown land regularly seized by parliament, but not last month (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{l}A{n}D [regularly] contained [seized] by DI~E{t} (parliament) [but not last], then M (month)
Reject scripture being brought up — it's poisonous (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
NIX (reject) + OT (scripture) reversed [brought up]
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