One's not self-sufficient creating work that's bound to be finished

Cryptic definition

Cryptic definition

short

P [page] in A [article] BRUT [very dry] — Fifteensquared

Fish

TROUT [fish] round [jett]Y — Fifteensquared

book in old collection

Anagram

anagram of HE (synonym="HE") + HE (synonym="HE") + MAIN (synonym="MAIN") = NEHEMIAH; definition: "book in old collection"

Spirit

Deletion

PERI (deletion) + (deletion) = PERI; definition: "Spirit"

Detention facility

“People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones” – I learned from Chambers that the name comes from the detention facility at Aldershot, which has a glass roof — Fifteensquared

dark

Anagram

anagram of STAYING = STYGIAN; definition: "hellishly dark"

game

Double definition

Double definition

Is inspiring

Anagram

anagram of BRAIN + THESE = BREATHESIN; definition: "Is inspiring"

Edge

Charade

B[oater] + RIM – with an extended definition — Fifteensquared

Person exploring below

Anagram

anagram of PORTHOLE, = POTHOLER; definition: "Person exploring below"

further examination

Anagram

As it says on the tin, an anagram of SETTER — Fifteensquared

Producers of serpentine dreads?

Anagram

anagram of DREADS = ADDERS

Robs

ESP [extra-sensory perception – special facility] between [splitting] D [diamonds] and OILS [paintings] — Fifteensquared

As are all the words in the clue – with an extended definition — Fifteensquared

Lives

Cryptic definition

Cryptic definition

print

Reversal

This took a while to parse: I was sure it must refer to numbers of solutions in the puzzle but finally realised it’s PH PH [ the numbers indicating the acidity / alkalinity of a solution ] round [including] O [old] + a reversal [turned up] of ARGOT [slang] — Fifteensquared

Self-reference

Deletion

B [book] + RAN [published] outside [without] END [purpose] — Fifteensquared

A head

Container

Contained in tEACHers – as in something costing so much a head / each — Fifteensquared

Completely

Double definition

Literal definition:  I thought it might be a double / cryptic one but it means ‘thoroughly’, rather than ‘normally’ Edit: thanks, all, for your comments – of course it’s a double definition, the first being ‘completely’: the trees got in the way again! — Fifteensquared

Requires no explanation

Anagram

S [small] PEAKS [summits] + FOR [since] + an anagram [re-presented] of ITSELF – what is it in this puzzle that is speaking for itself that I’m failing to see? — Fifteensquared

Something said by self-described birdwatcher?

Charade

SPOONER (synonym="SPOONER") + ISM (synonym="ISM") = SPOONERISM

A way

Charade

A (abbreviation="A") + ST (abbreviation="way") + RIDE (synonym="travel") = ASTRIDE; definition: "on horseback"

this clue

Double definition

Double definition