Across
Polish bilingual Brendan follows in US city (3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SAND(to polish/smoothen using sandpaper or a sander) placed before ( … follows ) I,EGO(the first person pronoun used by Brendan self-referentially, in 2 languages/bilingual viz. English and Latin respectively).
Name in hood for stadium (5)
God is object of American missions (4)
Diva and demure megastar sharing male (5,5)
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“prim”(demure/modest and shy) + “Madonna”(stage name of the megastar whose full name is Madonna Louise Ciccone) minus an ( sharing ) “m”(abbrev. for “male”).
Place for events in Rome, mainly about America (6)
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“circa”(about in reference to dates/years) minus its last letter ( mainly … ) + US(abbrev. for the United States of America).
Lone answer for New Orleans, more for Rome, for instance? (8)
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Examples of which/for instance are these: [“lone” + “answer”] for “New Orleans”, and “more” for “Rome”.
One bishop of Rome, like all associated with pride (7)
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One of the succession of bishops of Rome, in this case, Pope Leo IX(Roman numeral for “nine”).
Something created by senators, say, covering half of Utah (7)
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STATE(to say/proclaim) containing ( covering ) 1st 2 letters of ( half of ) “ Utah “.
Musical politician in Latin home, mostly rebuilt (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( … rebuilt ) [ LATIN + “ home ” minus its last letter ( …, mostly ) ].
Slangily eliminate Republican in company, a noted speaker (6)
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[ ICE(slang for to “eliminate”/kill) + R(abbrev. for “Republican”) ] contained in ( in ) CO(abbrev. for “company”).
I'll be upset after start of conflict, since America is what produces it (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( … upset ) I’LL BE placed after ( after ) [ 1st letter of ( start of ) “ conflict ” + AS(because/since) + US(abbrev. for “United States”/America) ].
Part of Star Wars character with little time for final notice (4)
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OBI(part of the name of the Star Wars character, Obi-Wan Kenobi) plus ( with ) 1st letter of ( little ) “ time “.
26a
Reconstructed Incan material one found in Peru, say (5,8)
See 25
Down
Name for hill in Rome in a Latin exam, initially -- under pressure (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ A LATIN + 1st letter of ( …, initially ) “ exam ” ] placed below ( under , in a down clue) P(symbol for “pressure” in physics).
Fateful day in Senate that is ending early (4)
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“id est”(Latin for “that is”) minus its last letter ( ending early ).
Measures section of totem, possibly (6)
Destruction of Capitol that's newsworthy (7)
Leader in Congress introducing a law about cigarette problem in fall (8)
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1st letter of ( Leader in ) “ Congress ” plus ( introducing ) A + ACT(a written law) containing ( about ) TAR(the substance in cigarettes that causes medical problems … and stains teeth and fingers as well).
Like some senators, protest 50% of Arctic being taken over (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DEMO(short for a “demonstration”/a public protest in the form or a meeting or march) + ARCTIC with reversal of ( … being taken over , in a down clue) its 1st 3 letters ( 50% of … ).
Bottle used as weapon by Clint Eastwood (6)
Crazy outing in Rome or New York, say, in touching relationship (10)
Closely observe what's cut in middle of Corn Belt (4,4)
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That which is abbreviated to ( what’s cut ) middle 2 letters of ( middle of ) “ Corn Belt “.
Dulles or JFK, for example, spoke for forum, finally, in broken Latin (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letters, respectively, of ( …, finally ) “ spoke for forum ” contained in ( in ) anagram of ( broken ) LATIN .
Sam, for example, a Republican? That's iffy (7)
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UNCLE(for example, “Uncle Sam”, the personification of the US Government) + A + R(abbrev. for for a member of the Republican Party).
Helps a number of Romans over troubles also engulfing part of US (6)
Grieves about middle of Louisiana and perilous times (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CRIES(grieves/mourns) containing ( about ) middle letter of ( middle of ) “ Louisiana “.
Sex in party set up for poet (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
VI(Roman numeral for 6/”sex” in Latin) contained in ( in ) reversal of ( … set up , in a down clue) DO(a party/a social function).
Type letters or click words in the clue