Across
Very large one that makes you feel better (6)
Huge mistake whenever one enters court from the back (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ERR (mistake) IF I (whenever one) in CT, reversed.
Shortened dress soldier keeps shortening (9)
Back massage ends in slight pop (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
RUB (massage, back, ie rev.) + S(ligh)T.
Fancy a cry? (7)
Far too much poetry in that novel (2,5)
Gang violence postponing love for very eager Romeo (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
AGOG (very eager) + R, from NATO alphabet Romeo. Then the O is postponed, ie moved to the back..
Don't stop stars performing? (6,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
a DD, the second one fanciful in nature. The Plough is a formation of seven stars within Ursa Major, in some countries called the Big Dipper. Am I right, Starstruck?
Council property unlikely to house private hospital (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
OWN (private, personal) + H(ospital) in TALL, unlikely. As in a tall tale..
Anvil is iron on the outside, and every other part of course (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I(ro)N, + C(o)U(r)S(e). The incus is a bone in the middle ear that resembles an anvil. If you squint. Possibly. A little. Tricky if you don’t know the word, but at least you do get three crossers.
One should adopt a diplomatic attitude towards facial hair (7)
Giant sounded tense (7)
Animated Lego, minute figure brought to life (5)
Pocketing a grand, trained men earn ninefold figure (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A G(rand) in *(MEN EARN). Brownie point if you knew this word! I didn’t, but I did know that ennéa is Greek for nine and I had heard the word ennead.
Resolve so many letters for Birmingham and Manchester? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
How many letters? TEN A CITY. I liked this clue!
Fowl transfixed by male's tail that's lovely? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
On the one hand, a CD depicting a peahen bowled over by her mate’s wonderful tail. On the other hand, it is A HE (a male) in PEN, a female swan, a waterfowl and therefore a paid-up member of the fowl clade. The full ramifications of this clue took a while to dawn on me but now they have, I love it. On edit: It can be the PEN, with (mal)E + AH! (that’s lovely) in it.. that makes it a full &lit, so seems a better parsing than that above.. thanks to those commenting
Down
A little addition reported that's a surprise (8)
Sneaky man checked beneath bait after docking (7)
Attempt to suppress someone who won't talk quietly, in writing (9)
Putting coat on, return work left in class (14)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ELECT (return); then OP + L(eft) in RATING, class. This last a bit iffy imo; a rating can be a classification (eg credit rating) but making it an actual class seems a stretch to me. Not in Collins, except as an Americanism. Electroplating itself is a fascinating subject. Read here about such delights as the Haring-Blum cell, used to test throwing power ..
Fanatic offered to support member of artistic establishment (5)
Miles shred old jumble (7)
Memorable speed of light yacht at sea (6)
Change of part, hence end of troublesome limp? (3,11)
Damage you'd expect to be contained by fireplace (5,4)
Advanced child turned handle all at once (2,3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A(dvanced), as in A level perhaps, + SON (child) + NAME (handle), reversed.
Bunting seen in town a lot, royalists put up (7)
Tom perhaps arrived hot, running from cold? (7)
Go in search of fun and receive something that does the trick (6)
Order military chief accepts is ridiculous (5)
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