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Material as popular with sweet coating (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘with… coating’) of ‘as’ plus IN (‘popular’) in BOMBE (an ice-cream confection, ‘sweet’). Also spelt bombazine.
Removing jacket fast when wife goes pale (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of AS (‘removing jacket f AS t’) plus ‘[w]hen’ minus the W (‘when wife goes’).
12a
Swear to Torify ‘Red Flag’ lyrics? (4,3,3,4)
See 11
Principal ingredient of Cheddar cheese (4)
Go and wave off grinder (10)
The box closes to capture sound (7)
Still an imbalance expressed ahead of overhaul (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘overhaul’) of ‘imbal[an]ce’ minus AN (‘an … expressed’).
Putting on a sham under threat of death (2,8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘sham’) of ‘putting on a’.
Four of them made one of the classics (4)
25a
Devious cryptic setter no doubt close to reinstatement (3,2,2,7)
See 24
The pick of the tabs leaving raver disappointed? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I suppose this is E-LITE, a play on the less filling food..
Anyway, book is about No. 1, we read from reverse note (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘we read from reverse’) of EVER (‘anyway’?) plus BIMES, am envelope (‘about’) of ME (‘No.1’) in B (‘book’) plus ‘is’.
Down
Kandinsky perhaps quietly set the craft free? (8,7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
If there is wordplay here, I cannot see it; there is the hint of ‘painter’ as a rope for mooring a boat, but I cannot build that into anything. So, again, by default I assign this to a cryptic definoition.
20d
Slashing absolute value might sell this picture (8,6)
Just for one in Cornwall is cutting return local fare? (5)
Soil retains dry composition (8)
A new face: Sir Keir and State both on the up (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (both on the up’ in a down light) of PM (hot off the press: ‘Sir Keir’ Starmer has been Prime Minister for all of five days) plus AVER (‘state’). ‘Both’ might suggest that the order of the particles is reversed – a reversal of ‘Sir Keir’ followed by a reversal of ‘state’ – but that is not what is required here.
Appliance that blows woman’s verge of rose leaves around Scots town (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘around’) of AIRDRIE (‘Scots town’) in H[e]R (‘woman’s’) minus the E (‘verge of ros E leaves’)
18d
Offer from those taking charge to dispense with services of char (5,1,2,6)
Rudely knocked up a knight to open safe (5,4,3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘to open’) of ‘a’ plus N (‘knight’, chess notation) in UNDERLOCKDKEY, an anagram (‘up’) of ‘rudely knocked’.
Trailer loaded by crew I left (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘loaded by’) of BAND (‘crew’) plus ONE (‘I’) in AD (‘trailer’ for a film , say).
Giving up with mate in two moves? Never! (2,2,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A deserved question mark. I think this must be NOT I (‘giving up’) plus ‘mate. with the AT movced to the front, hence the ‘two moves’.
See 7
See 2
Failing this foundation in Mineralogy; gaining a place for Economics (2,4)
Maybe one on train’s covering away game (5)
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