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Go to visit fox? Abandon this fantasy! (4,4,2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
‘come down to [an] earth’ could mean “Go to visit fox”, as an earth is a fox’s den
Clear O for what hopes to attract many Xs (9)
Legal to be executed? That’s dreadful (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[L]-AWFUL=”Legal”, with its head letter removed i.e. ‘beheaded’ or “executed”
Woman’s clothing said to be shaggy (7)
Seaside clown, and maybe why his theatre is closed (7)
Concerning, drinking unknown whiskey (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RE=on the topic of=”Concerning”, around/”drinking” Y=”unknown” variable in algebra
In Franglais, October is wet a little (7)
More demanding guide to go round our ships (7)
Pop these in a pot and rudely eat lots (3,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”rudely” of (eat)* plus BAGS=”lots”
Cleaning seat, start to cheer City (3,4)
Vegetable repeats in the stomach (3)
Cheese is extravagant in one of the Costas (7)
Do this on the donkey or duck (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: the name of a species of duck reference to the game ‘pin the tail on the donkey’ [wiki]
Spanish man’s first to leave card game (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[H]-OMBRE=”Spanish [word for] man” with the first letter leaving
In panic, if retired, shaking (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”shaking” of (if retired)*
A cryptic clue for the Y in ‘Independence Day’ (3,6,2,4)
Down
Chose more tomato salad that had nasty consequences for one (4,4,2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/”salad” of (Chose more tomato)*
Staff alternative country house (5)
Flat due for renovation but a failure to do it (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: a default is a failure to fulfil an obligation [something “due”] anagram/”for renovation” of (Flat due)*
A film of our civilisation? (7)
Actors on tour store up plays (7)
Stand before entrance barrier needing to be raised (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: an étagère is a display stand with shelves ERE=”before” + GATE=”entrance barrier”, all reversed upwards / “needing to be raised”
Judge has purpose in period for public consultations (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
REF=referee=”Judge”, plus END=”purpose” inside ERA=”period”
School break in sum– ? (4-4,7)
Easily provoked, slice a rib in pieces (9)
The Origin of (some) Species (3)
Japanese fish: the answer is initially obvious (3)
Are a month old? This is a century old (3,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: the Art Deco movement is associated with the 1920s, and was named after a 1925 exhibition [wiki] ART=archaic version of ‘to be’=”Are”, plus DEC (December, “a month”), plus O (old)
Splash drops over small pitch (7)
Two heights enclose a harbour of very little value once (7)
Bishop quietly taking on brief quarrel (7)
Fail to wear a uniform and I’ll see you (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DIE=”Fail”, inside (to wear): A (from surface) + U (Uniform, NATO alphabet)
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