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Shambles! No good Queen covering up final note from Freddie Mercury (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MESS (shambles) + NG (no good) ER (queen) all round [freddi]E
Match of variable quality (5)
Brass still coating rupees from the east (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (from the east) of EVEN (still) round R (rupees)
Breaking law, even US journalists must consider this (4,5)
Silver and such like? One investigates prices (7)
Look, I'm visibly happy to get picked up (7)
Summon a naked malefactor to accept fine (5)
Grunts from pigs quietly going out (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (out) of [p]IGS minus p (quietly going) – grunt is slang for a common soldier (GI)
German you sent west pocketing pound for tip (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (sent west) of DU (German ‘you’) round PEN (pound)
King, when retiring, strokes bird (7)
Steel, say, was shown by artist beset by defamation (7)
Palladium rejected because screw contains iron (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (rejected) of AS (because) + GUARD (screw) round FE (iron) – the Palladium was a wooden statue of Pallas , on which the safety of Troy depended, hence any type of safeguard
Left over fag rolled — it helps me think clearly (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (left) + O (over) + a reversal (rolled) of CIG (fag)
Moving spades, detect components of nickel (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SCENT (detect) with the S (spades) moved to the end
Gag staff must keep wearing? This is irregular (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MUTE (gag) + MAN (staff) round IN (wearing) – see here for Minuteman
Down
Indication submariner is surfacing (4)
Raducanu's back, more confident one wants high returns (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[raducanu]U + SURER (more confident)
Around opening, one hammered sheet for platinum? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (hammered) of SHEET round VENT (opening) I (one)
Spies a place where men go (6)
Chrome etc with a lot of rust on Sierras, oddly (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BROW[n] (a lot of rust) + odd letters of SiErRaS
Clap about engineers turning up fuel (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (turning up) of VD (clap) round Royal Engineers – ‘the clap’ is slang for gonorrhoea
Speculators loudly vote for gold (5-3)
Large pole's covered in lead (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CUE (pole) round L (large)
Leaders removing one dent in iron (5)
European queen with talent for being calm (10)
Made to run by header from Lucy Bronze? (5)
Start to lose heart after fan rejects intro from Lady Gaga (8)
Copper Age road men rebuilt (8)
Criminal admitting racket in transported goods (6)
Government, say, blocking revolutionary ruler (6)
Rifle butt might contain this (4)
Zest to put away doughnut or substantial puff (4)
More than one tin article in case of canvas (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AN (indefinite article) in C[anva]S
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