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One saved by 11 giving medals? (6,2,8)
Name of worker on Gibraltar originally missing (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HAND(a worker doing manual labour) + “leg”(in cricket, one half of the field, also called the on side) minus 1st letter of ( … originally missing ) “ Gibraltar “.
See 1
Cold drink's rubbish – initially dismayed expression (6)
Lane around Kent introduces rule for slow mover (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LOIS(Lane, the love interest of Superman and his alter ego, Clark Kent) containing ( introduces ) R(abbrev. for “rule”).
Lusty Alan touched butt (4,5)
Misses following competitors at Gateshead - these should help (5,7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LASSES(misses/unmarried girls) placed after ( following ) [ FIELD(collectively, the competitors in a competition) + 1st letter of ( …head ) “ Gates… ” ].
Form again on playing-field – old school head's gone missing (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
REC(a recreation ground/playing field) + O(abbrev. for “old”) + “institute”(an establishment for the furtherance of, say, education, eg. a school) minus its 1st letter ( head’s gone missing ).
One's close enough, right? I start to become nervous (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( … nervous ) [ ENOUGH + R(abbrev. for “right”) + I + 1st letter of ( start to ) “ become ” ].
Cleaner in university getting in before rector (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
U(abbrev. for “university”) contained in ( getting in ) [ PRE(before/previous to) + R(abbrev. for “rector”) ].
Is resting with Slim, naked - they may be in bed (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LIES(is resting flat on a surface) placed after ( with ) “ Slim ” minus its 1st and last letters ( naked ).
Being on the drink might cause it? (3,2,3)
Stop religious type going round bend (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DEIST(religious type/one who believes in a deity) containing ( going round ) S(a bend, say, on a road or in a pipe, shaped like the letter S).
Left Washington institute without loyalist (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ L(abbrev. for “left”) + WA(abbrev. for Washington State, USA) ] contained in ( … without ) START(to institute/to set the ball rolling).
Down
Daughters benefit getting outside for walk in the park (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D,D(twice the abbrev. for “daughter”) contained in ( … getting outside ) DOLE(benefit paid by the state to the unemployed).
Film featuring Bates Motel originally is creepy (not introduction) (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
1st letter of ( … originally ) “ Motel ” + IS + “eery”(or “eerie”/creepy) minus its 1st letter ( not introduction ).
Material upsetting - issue about one coming out (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal of ( … upsetting , in a down clue) SERGE(a fabric/material used to make clothes) + SON(a male issue/offspring) containing ( about ) I(Roman numeral for “one”).
Fitting in with virile lover, having a time to visit (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IN plus ( with ) STALLION(a virile lover/a stud) containing ( having … to visit ) [ A + T(abbrev. for “time” ].
Embarrassed to show hanging (5)
Protest with roughly fifty in total (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DEMO(short for “demonstration”/a protest in the form of a public meeting or march) plus ( with ) L(Roman numeral for “fifty”) –ISH(suffix denoting something has, somewhat/roughly, a particular quality, as in “smallish”).
He writes about state (it is in German) (8)
Champion: 'Good to crack original thinker's crosswords' (6,6)
Obsessive about this odd school on the other side of the world (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ANAL(or “anal-retentive”/excessively fussy/obsessive) containing ( about ) [ 1st and 3rd letters of ( … odd ) “ this ” + POD(collective noun for a small herd of marine animals/a school) ].
Argued with Republican that's bent (8)
Desperately wants to protect suffering hero (8)
Occupied region – wrong one (6)
Say, Liam Fox and party colleague raised problem in the House (3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DR(abbrev. for “doctor”, an example of which/say, is Liam Fox who was a GP before being elected as a Conservative Party MP) plus ( and ) reversal of ( … raised , in a down clue) TORY(a member of the Conservative Party, and hence a party colleague of Fox).
Horrible blokes but women like going out with them (5)
Type letters or click words in the clue