Across
Young woman on crack finally quitting: it takes spirit (4,5)
Starts to stimulate idle mate with exercise (3-2)
Garment from Mauritius tactfully returned (7)
Almost entirely crazy, disregarding current calendar (7)
English explorer is close to his dog (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
[hi]S + PEKE. Never heard of him.
Doubt about record probed by University College trustee (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IF backwards + D(U.C.)IARY.
Tearful Chinese communist’s second to be purged (5)
Anyone can fake pain (9)
Smoke from hot garlic oil (9)
Tea in mug before noon (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ASS + A.M. A good tea for a cold and damp day, of which we have had plenty.
Retired American thanks Gypsy lover (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A + TA + ROMANI, all backwards. Romani is almost certain to be a variant spelling of Romany in Chambers, so I didn’t even look.
Fleet gunners drop back (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
R.A. + DIP backwards.
Clothing of adolescent offspring under discussion (2,5)
Routine supply not yet delivered (2,5)
Prospective part of keynote lecture (5)
Tenor consumed by endless fondness for female attire (4,5)
Down
Rifles and axes (5)
Sadly not cutting flying (2,3,4)
Resistance, following Asterix perhaps, regularly belittles petty tyrant (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
GAUL + [b]E[l]I[t]T[l]E[s] + R. A biff for me.
Statute’s fatal importance misrepresented (3,2,10)
Enthusiastic reception of proxy governor replacing head of state (8,7)
Money on account for spice (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SUM + A/C.
Secret society in China and a Pacific archipelago (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TONG + A.
Big beast, in pain, died in Barnet (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
P(ACHY,D)ERM.
Chum framing another for plot (9)
Shortened long canon in The Four Seasons (4-5)
Reportedly understands element of chess or bridge (9)
Fancies cycling away (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IDEAS cycling.
Attack cognoscenti at intervals (5)
Doctor’s surgery cuts medication (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DR(OP)S.
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