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Expert Latin speaker leading Northern Italy tour guides (8)
Small boat in rough (6)
Reviewed amount raised to secure medicine (6,2)
European city to repay, backing shifting a European position? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AVENG E ="repay" reversed/"backing", shifting the position of one letter E (European)
Tom sadly has ugly guffaws (5,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
a "Tom" is a type of BELL; plus anagram/"sadly" of (has ugly)*
Detest sort of violent crime linked to soldiers (5)
Most devious twist I found in exam (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RICK=verb meaning "twist" or 'strain' + I (from surface); both inside TEST="exam"
A neurotic drunk – on this? (9)
Sportsperson’s captain never showing pressure (5)
Old parrot cradling wing? One seeks assessment (7,4)
Modern area in old yard not giving you a turn? (3-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NEW="Modern" and A (area); both inside O (old) and Y (yard)
Indicates surprised comments about backing tracks (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GEES=more than one 'Gee!'="surprised comments"; around RUTS="tracks" reversed/"backing"
Look – big Parisienne runs to the back (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
G R ANDE="big" in French ('Parisienne' / as spoken in Paris); with R (runs, cricket abbreviation) moving to the back
I criticised keeping oxygen separated (8)
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When aboard taxi, half of English county’s a more exotic place (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AS="When" inside CAB="taxi" + LANCA-[shire]="half of English county"
Hide cooked meals inside item of furniture (6,4)
Thin and hungry, disposing of starter (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition as in a thin or reedy voice [g]-REEDY="hungry", without its starting letter
Weakening nerves in the sauna, half-bare possibly (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/"possibly" of (in the sauna re )*, with re as half of ba- re
Reminders to look up benefits (9)
23d
Seabird circling rocks at sea, finding tropical plant (4,4)
22d
Localised pain and ache from this rash? (8)
Russia begins transforming farming? (12)
One values the skilful male version of erotic art (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
M (male) plus anagram/"version" of (erotic art)*
Unable to deliver sonnet, gutted – long to pen one line, on reflection (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: unable to deliver offspring S-[onne]-T, gutted of its inner letters, plus reversal/"reflection" of: DESIRE="long" around (to pen) I="one" and L (line)
Reason Scottish island line brought in charge? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IONA="Scottish island" + L (line); both inside RATE="charge"
Former colony, Australian, cheers being claimed by the Netherlands (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: the Colony of Natal [wiki] was part of the British Empire A (Australian) + TA=thank you="cheers"; both inside (claimed by) NL (abbreviation for the Netherlands)
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