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Hello all,
I think I have completed the puzzle but am looking for help parsing the following 5 clues from today’s Sunday Times crossword and would be grateful for some enlightenment.
11a. Old-fashioned hairstyle worn by Fifties youth (5) D?T?D. I am thinking DATED as a synonym for old-fashioned, but I don't see the hairstyle or the Fifties Youth reference.
13a. Spread on plate for Goldilocks? (9) B?T?E?C?P. I think it is buttercup. - butter for spread and plate = cup, but not sure how buttercup refers to Goldilocks.
9d. Spooner's engineer used leg to hurt gatecrasher in bed. (8) ?N?T?E?D I have put in KNOTWEED which I think refers to the gatecrasher in bed (flowerbed). not sure of the spoonerism - Kneed for used leg to hurt but as for the engineer - is it Wot / Watt, inventor of steam engine?
16d. Rehearsal of first part of play in Priest’s church (8) P?A?T?C?; I have guessed practice. I see CE for Church of England, ACT I (act one) could be “first part of play”; is PR an abbreviation for Pastor = Priest?
21d Judge eating doctor’s roll (6) ?U?B?E this looks like TUMBLE = roll, MB = bachelor of medicine = doctor, but not seeing the judge reference, can someone help?

11a DA (Ducks Arse was a hair style Teddy Boys had)
Ted was short for Teddy boy (fifties youth)

DA Ted

11a TED /teddy boy ...50's youth
13a colour of her hair perhaps?
9d yes what you have is good
16d yes again
21d rumble

16 Pr is an abv for priest. The rest is correct

thank you Shooty and Scarlett!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducktail

read further and you will see it's called the DA

I too cannot parse knotweed. I got rumble instead of tumble: rule = judge

9. I'm not usually good with Spoonerisms, but I just took this as Watt Kneed, as mentioned earlier. Watt, engineer and Kneed, used leg to hurt. WattKneed to Knotweed seems fine.

I puzzled over the definition of 9d too. Turns out Goldilocks is a species of buttercup also known as the Greenland buttercup.