Across
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16d
20’s 19 announced? (6,2,5)
Bit of gossip in group email (4)
Autocracy, but Somalis demanding reform (10)
20’s singer of biblical teachings? (6)
20’s team event’s beginning (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ARSENAL(London-based football team) + 1st letter of ( …’s beginning ) “ event ”. Answer: A Venetian/(solution to 20 down)’s complex of former shipyards and armouries.
Mark of throne room’s occupant? (5,4)
Reportedly finished off – where did Cameron and Johnson go? (4)
Rings initially lost – that was an accident (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“hoop” or “loops”(rings) minus its 1st letter ( initially lost ). Defn: Expression conceding that an accidental mistake has been made.
Register lies on bed wrapped in petition (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ BS(abbrev. for “bullshit”/lies/untrue talk or writing) plus ( on ) CRIB(a child’s bed/cot) ] contained in ( wrapped in ) SUE(to petition/to ask formally for something). Defn: …/to enlist to be a participant.
Piggy in mixture of suet, nothing for Napoleon to eat? (8)
Criminal gaoled for the last time? (3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of( Criminal ) GAOLED . Defn: The latter part/last of one’s lifetime.
Echo found beauty in Narcissus (3,7)
Charge for butter? (4)
An icon of fictional intelligence? (6)
Garment I see on delinquent (6)
Down
Oscar clasped by good, class actor from the ‘60s (7)
Right, supporter takes two-thirds? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LEG(supporter/one of the supports of a chair or table, say) plus ( takes ) 1st 2 of 3 letters of “all”( two-thirds of a whole/all). That’s the best I can do for “al”.
Cloth damp, bottom wiped under drink (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“moist”(damp/slightly wet) minus its last letter ( bottom wiped , in a down clue) placed below ( under , in a down clue) CHA(drink, in this case, tea).
Fancy food on the side? (6)
Lists of duties observed when switched around, triggering mechanism (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reversal of ( … when switched around ) [ ROTA(“list” – not “lists”? – of duties/jobs to be done by each one on it) + NOTED(observed/noticed) ].
Suspect one has come across Greek letter, fifth in total – here? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of ( Suspect ) ONE containing ( has come across ) [ PSI(the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet) + 5th letter of ( fifth in ) “ total ” ]. Defn: The fifth (out of a total of 24) letter in the Greek alphabet.
Spear parts, as those? (9,4)
Hole in vessel, it capsizing – transport in 20 (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PORE(a minute hole/opening in a surface) contained in ( in ) VAT(a vessel/tank used to hold liquid) + reversal of ( … capsizing , in a down clue) IT. Defn: …, ie. in solution to 20 down.
See 4 Across
Subject of back page shortly published, might there be money in it? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“sport”(the subject of the items on the back page, usually, of a newspaper) minus its last letter ( shortly ) + RAN(published/printed in a newspaper or magazine).
Shooting target in Cup Final? (3,4)
Railway absent in exquisite European city (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
“ry”(abbrev. for “railway”) deleted from ( absent in ) “very nice”(exquisite/lovely).
1a
20’s enchantress originally imprisoned by friend of best friend, wizard (5,6)
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