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Line sauna roughly and make like winter? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘roughly’) of ‘line sauna’, with a rather odd definition: to annualise is to express e.g. an interest rate as it would be for a whole year; I suppose the idea here is that if you ‘make like winter’, you are encompassing a calendar year.
Dress up puritanical Priest (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of PRIM (‘puritanical’) plus P (‘Priest’).
Relevant article in support of stance being curtailed (7)
More than one player is captivated by redesigned boots (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘captivated by’) of ‘is’ in OBOTS, an anagram (‘redesigned’) of ‘boots’.
Sporting challenge has advertised keen attitude at first (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letters (‘at first’) of ‘ H as A dvertised K een A ttitude’, with perhaps an extended definition. By Pangakupu and one for our other New Zealand followers.
Outcast ditching husband – possibly means to block that, failing to recall meaningful things (10)
Worry boarding attitude will do for ship’s capacity (7)
Firm line taken aboard competition boat (7)
Kid sailor with answer about parrot (10)
Old Emperor and old King leaving cave (4)
A lot of fog and wet weather leading to cattle disease (7)
A small detective seen in pub, confused (2,1,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘seen in’) of ‘a’ plus S (‘small’) plus PI (Private Investigator, ‘detective’) in INN (‘pub’).
Surplus, no longer a soldier? Tense inside (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘inside’) of T (‘tense’) in EX (‘no longer’) RA (‘a soldier’, after a person’s name, indicating a member of the Royal Artillary); or EX-RA can be treated as a unit (‘no longer a soldier’).
What’s dear in France? Alien cooking (top Chinese) (4,2-3)
Down
Standard to have a piece of clothing under sloping channel – one aspires to a soft landing (9,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of PAR (‘standard’) plus ‘a’ plus CHUTE (‘sloping` channel’) plus JUMPER (‘piece of clothing’).
Nun moved to go around without money, without respite (8)
Greek character, one in Kipling swallowing up pages (5)
Tells everyone about speed where planes fly (8)
School body retaining chess expert for game (6)
Posh joke over attempt to secure senior officer further inland (2-7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘to secure’) CO (Commanding Officer, ‘senior officer’) in U (‘posh’) plus PUN (‘joke’) plus (‘over’ – redundant, but it marks the position of the following in a down light) TRY (‘attempt’).
King and unmarried girls – here’s some amorous activity (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of K (‘king’ e.g. chess notation) plus [m]ISSES (‘girls’) minus the M (‘unmarried’).
Posit Asia agenda presented in novel form here? (1,7,2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘presented in novel form’) of ‘posit Asia agenda’, with an extended definition (if ‘here’ is included in the anagrind, an &lit), for the novel by E M Forster.
Articles about bloke turning up in excellent headgear (6,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A double envelope (‘about’ and ‘in’) of NAM, a reversal (‘turning up’ in a down light) of MAN (‘bloke’) in A A (‘articles’) in PHAT (‘excellent’).
Someone expecting payback about social media user dismissing a Democrat (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of C ( circa , ‘about’) plus RED[d]ITOR (‘social media user’ of Reddit) minus a D (‘dismissing a Democrat’).
A strike blocking fashionable project (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘blocking’) of ‘a’ plus TAP (‘strike’) in CULT (‘fashionable’).
Minister’s signal to collar scoundrel (6)
Fine to leave continent having seized new medicinal plant (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A[f]RICA (‘continent’) minus the F (‘fine to leave’) with an inserted N (‘having seized new’).
Indication of agreement accepted by potential energy recipient (5)
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