Across
Couple that dances around cooler (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
So a verb, then. Anagram (dances) of THAT encloses A[ir] C[onditioning]
Guy stuck in pile of earth, perhaps sinking fast (8)
Period when Reform sought gin bar as PR exercise (4,6)
Look into artist cutting axes (1-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Your standard crossword artist, RA*, cuts into X and Y, axes on a graph etc. *Royal Academician.
Harrow from Germany is kept in trim (8)
Turn around, facing barrier in the East End (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Milk, when it curdles, is said to go off or turn. Here, C[irca] comes face to face with ‘URDLE, an East End athlete’s sprint barrier.
Result of mischief found in Pandora's box (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Pandora’s box released evils into the world when opened against Zeus’ strict instruction. An ASBO was an anti-social behaviour order targeting young mischief makers, and here is hidden in Pandor A’S BO x.
Star laughing about Ed Gamble's opener (3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
You don’t need to know this, but Ed Gamble is a regular on the soon-to-be-revived Mock the Week (hurrah!) and similar comedy shows. All you need here is the ED and the first letter of Gamble, wrapped in RIANT for laughing.
Unfinished sweet dish otherwise called savoury dish (8)
Habit of constant predator (4)
Tail-enders from England side, of the eleven, needed support (6)
Who hopes to profit from French sea air? (8)
21 regressing without A & E? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
My last in, only falling when I realised the E needed to be detached. Since 21a is DEFEND, Thesaurus it to GUARD, remove the A, and reverse.
Mongrel dog hoped for one returning dog's dinner to Labrador (10)
Short trip on vacation to probe ocean bed feature? (5,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A garden bed, that is. Short give WEE, T[ri]P is vacated, and both are inserted into SEA for ocean.
Head of security again took back shocking equipment (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The first letter of Security, then RESAT for took (an exam) again, all reversed.
Down
You shouldn't have pain often in hand bones (5)
Burden of Scottish political party beginning to take on region there (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
From the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. I take on trust that ALBA, Scots Gaelic for Scotland, is a home grown political party. Apparently it has been described as “Trumpian” and “a hotchpotch of social conservatives and nationalist fundamentalists”. Add ALBA to the first letter of Take and ROSS, a region of Scotland.
Female accepting program's result (6)
Me? I'm a tradesman, I cast traditional organs etc (10,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
An anagram (cast) of ME? I’M A TRADESMAN I.
Concerning American serving drink, not quite removing the head (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Concerning RE, American serving GI, drink CIDER with its end missing (not quite).
One maybe seeking belt for dog (5)
Primitive entering 22.5 degrees west in good condition (6-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Don’t be alarmed by that 22.5 degrees. In compass terms it’s NNW (oops, should read NNE, thanks Bletchleyreject ), a sixteenth of the way round your 360 degrees. EARLY for primitive is placed within, then w[est] is added.
Result of tie, both sides leaving keeper up? (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I think this means you to recognise that an ASCOT is a sort of tie, then remove both ends, and then add WARDER for keeper, reversed. It explains why I have left “tie” out of the definition, though it sort of helps towards the answer.
Secretly conspiring South American is having a laugh (2,7)
Trial tried to avoid electronic transfer (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
E[lectronic] is removed from HEARD for tried, than SHIP stands in for transfer.
Imperative model of chivalry? (6)
US symbol for 3 + 1, of course (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Somehow, 3 + 1 on a (golf) course represents a score of 2 under par. I admit I’m struggling to make the maths work but the idea’s there.
State promoting independence initially in revolutionary rule (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
So take REIGN for rule, reverse it (revolutionary) and move the I[ndependence] helpfully qualified by “initially” up one space.
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