Last one: 16D: Foreign royal on the move since time's up (8) _S_R_T_A I think the answer is TSARITSA [the wife of a TSAR] but I don't understand all aspect of the clue. Correction and /or explanation...
Last one: 8D: Resorts next to place going north (9) Y_L_A. I think it must be YALTA - a resort. I can see LAY going up [LAY = PLACE 'as in lay a bet']. Not sure about the TA [or AT going north] and...
Last one! 23D: Corrupt gallery beginning to get sent up (3,2) G?T ?T. I assume it is GET AT but don't understand beyond the 'Corrupt' and the 'gallery beginning' AND, I don't like the GET in the...
Last one: Fictional schoolboy has time at the wicket - I change from English to French. (8) ?E?N?N?S. I think it is JENNINGS [schoolboy fictional character]; I can see 'JE' for I changed from English...
Last one: 18D: Injured characters seen up in the Everglades, US? Improbable (7) M?S?S?D. I assume the answer is MISUSED but cannot fit this to the clue - explanation greatly appreciated please.
Last one: 22A: Father's ignored breaks in exercises. (4) ?S?S. My best shot is ASKS [TASKS being the exercises with the T(ea break) being ignored] but I can't see the "Father's" so guess I am wide of...
Last one and the Clue of the Week: 15D: Break in new horses time and again without resistance (5, 4) S?O?T ?E?T. Clue of the Week [Originally in The Times]: Isn't it an iceberg I sliced into? (7)....
Still stuck on a few! 2D: The ultimate in disgusting rubbish (4) _ R _ T [is it GROT? If so why?] 24A: Secures oil and gas in the ground (8) R _ S _ R _ _ _. [s it RESERVES? If so, why?] 19D: Little...