13a Productive type investing millions in food runs (6) ???M?R 4D ....needing this off for power (3,4) ?O? R?P? 14d Cut increases in size, stripping borders (3) ??E First letter will be the second...
28a Taking everything into account...oh-oh, we let the North go south! (2,3,5) ?N?H?????E 17d A romping old musical for a night's enjoyment (2,3,4) ?N?H????? 27/14D LRV will have to do for this...
6a Touch wood Santa over the moon at this time of year (8) ?U?E???? it looks like Yuletide but don't get it? If it is Yuletide the 'I' starts a 5 letter word I?L?R for 9d which is 'Let Lucifer ride...
13a Every joker has them: alcohol mixed and ready to be drunk, and cocaine ready to be snorted (10) ?U?C?L?N?S - Is it quicklines and if so how? 27a In other words, time passes in an odd way, and that...
27d When it akk comes down to dust, that's what it is (4) S?U?
Is it STUD being an anagram of DUST and if so, why? There is no definition of STUD in the clue surely?...
12a The counterpart of Mars is in the stars (5) ?R?E?
15a What lies beneath ...as in the 6th sense (4) ??B?
6d As you say, it's not the whole truth (4,1,3) ?E?L ? ??B
24d Sleepy hollows? (5) ?A?E?...
16a It's hard to see why a concise, short description of a book should actually be endless (4) - B??? 26a It's just not fair to be expelling such disturbed men from country around Elsinore (4) 12d All...
27d Make every attempt to get this into a vegetarian! (4) M?A? So is it Meal or Meat?
24d So finely tuned, if that's not severe. (5) ?C?T? ACUTE? but why...
7a Attempt to conserve energy with low card (4) ??E? 1d Crime that I organised by numbers (10) D????M?T?C - I think Diplomatic is the only answer that fits but how to parse? 2d Service for 20 reversed...
2D What Cromwell said should be painted up at last, it's unbearable (5) ?T?A? 29A Family In Scotland, very posh officer sent before Potter Character (6) N?T?I? 10A Banger with rust, unfortunately (5)...
12a Shortly make something for breakfast (4) I have ?r?n and think the answer is Iran on the basis that we are told that 6 clues have no definition and I believe this one of them - the other 5 are all...
Stuck on three 8a Guys head out from Mediterranean island to locals look for large sea creature (4) ?R?A AREA? but why? 16a One doesn't accept a highbrow cultured attitude from such a vulgar type Is...
18a Santa's team goes all for one and one for all! (4) ???R Is it Four or Deer? But why? 21a It's what we must out-survive, even without Victory in Europe (5) V???S 22d Most ancient Roman that roamed...
Last 2 have me stumped! 1a Snow-covered land in which Felix and Franx go climbing together (5,5) W_I_E / ???H? White what? 4d Locals gathered around European builder of the Trojan Horse (5) ??N?S...