Across
Fool cancelled radical playwright (7)
Court order briefly introduced to silence chatterbox (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ASB is short for Anti Social Behaviour, and an ASBO is a court order (still) in Scotland and N. Ireland to curb such excesses. Here it appears without the O (briefly) stuck into GAG for silence.
Being sixteen, boisterous and extremely carefree (9)
Superficially deals with captains (5)
Public secret initially suppressed (5)
First couple from Hungary trapped in rioting Italian republic (9)
Die in hot water? (8)
Drunken idiots rolling over floor (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Idiots become NITS, are reversed (rolled over) and attached to KO for floor. Very Wodehousian.
Flier takes part in viva voce tests (6)
Snake-like, unusually hypnotic (8)
Goethe upset with man working as a solicitor? (2,3,4)
Uncovered disparagements in, say, King’s promotional description (5)
Car manufacturer endorses backing Russian agreement (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
No longer the butt of so many jokes, since now owned by VW. Endorses gives OKS, to be reversed (backing). I hope you all know that Russian for yes is DA (Да)
Narrow-minded Jack stops fighting in case (9)
Bloom’s colour about to be hidden by grass (6)
Foretell old Brit will consume wine (7)
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Raccoon’s been shot south of British national park (6,7)
Intend to wear ripped clothing (7)
Group table depleted in a month (5)
At first, factoids and numbers suit organised admirers (3,5)
Male races in run for lowly quarter? (6)
Hairy beast crouching in small out-of-bounds dacha (9)
French city soon collects six grand (7)
Selected MPs secretly follow case surrounding TV (6,7)
Old county Conservative getting even afterwards (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Now split between County Durham and North Yorkshire. C[onservative] gets LEVEL for even, AND afterwards… I guess it works.
Jockey announced “great success” after losing round in sporting event (5,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A biennial event involving a lot of shouting and abuse. Aural wordplay turns jockey into RYDER, and a great success is a COUP, remove the round letter.
Public company starts to manufacture excellent product (7)
Report of bad general situation for molluscs (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Slightly tricky for me, because I would pronounce it “naughtily”, but apparently it’s more correct if pronounced as suggested in the aural wordplay (report of) as “naughty lie”, the lie being a general situation.
Radio astronomer’s source of celestial observations early in year? (6)
One way to join equid when cycling (5)
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