Across
Form being praised after reversal, sharp turn (6)
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Reverse of GEL (to form) + GOD (a being that is praised)
Might contractor pen records? (6)
Retina operated upon after I will find sloth (7)
Dark, dark colour, one lining bag (7)
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TAN (dark colour) + I in SAC
High street trader is worker in Liverpool, say, son into urban music (4,3,4,4)
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IS HAND (worker) in F.C. (Football Club, of which Liverpool is an example) + S[on] in HIP-HOP
18 across, where soft touches rejected (4)
Apology appropriate after whoopsie lands on King Charles’ head (4,6)
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POO (whoopsie) + REX + C[harles) + USE (to appropriate)
Tool for mincing beef (3,2,5)
Principal made redundant in awkward dispute (4)
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STIFF (awkward) less its first letter
A steadying hand I supply now (2,4,3,3,3)
Get a hack to dictate for author (7)
Whippersnapper committed perjury, it’s understood (7)
Cross with leader on breaking free after evacuation of Hungary (6)
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H[ungar]Y + B[reaking] + RID (to free)
Barrel loaded by negative force – taking down various characters? (6)
Down
Embroider no more, say (9)
Able to kill, all with the motive (6)
God takes rat run, cycling in Giro d’Italia, say (5,4)
Painter of fantastic scenes, with my eye by my ear? (5)
South American hothead in bed, attention-seeker embracing peace (8)
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COT (bed) + PAX in OI (attention-seeking call). Cotopaxi is a large volcano (“hothead”) in Ecuador
Drink in box? (5)
Where emergency service building would have Irish plague? (11)
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We would need to insert IR to get IN FIRE STATION
See 22
Slippery surface tricky ultimately, delicate drop shot lousy (5-4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RINK (slippery surface) + [trick]Y + DINK (drop shot); rinky-dink sounds to me as if it should mean something good, but according to Chambers it’s North American slang for “old-fashioned, trite, cheap”
Worshipper, nun after conversion welcoming it with song (9)
Paul, for example, the thief of time? (8)
Smart – as a crocodile? (6)
Sticker alongside that might be silver (5)
10d
Is it a spelling book? (5,11)
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