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Steep area – mind out! (8)
Liverpudlian exporting cocaine is 8 (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: to SOUSE is to MARINADE, the answer to 8ac S[ c ]OUSE="Liverpudlian" with c for "cocaine" removed
Selection of soya beans on counter in marketplace (4)
Grass in English garden mown regularly in well-to-do area (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SING=to inform on, to sell out="Grass", in KENT, plus regular letters of [m]-O-[w]-N KENT is known as the Garden of England i.e. "English garden"
Cold case for Detective Columbo finale is foolishness (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ICY="Cold" around [acting as an container/"case" for]: DI (Detective Inspector) + final letter of [Columb]-O
Ford maybe failing to start in pursuit of German troops (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[h]-ARRISON ("Ford maybe", reference to actor Harrison Ford) without the starting letter; after G (German)
Husband consumed by wrong ends in here? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: a place for cigarette ends H (Husband) inside ASTRAY="wrong"
Great blokes in semi-rough (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MEN="blokes" in anagram/"rough" of (semi)*
Animated studio producer’s about to cover Virginia Plain (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HANNA'S="Animated studio producer's", reversed/"about" and around VA (US state abbreviation for Virginia) reference to William Hanna [wiki] of animation studio Hanna-Barbera
West Indies importing revolutionary fish paste (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WI (West Indies) around/"importing" a reversal/"revolutionary" of BASA=species of "fish"
Job in the chippie changes sides to make national dish of 1 (6,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: a national dish of BARBADOS (1dn) F-[ r ]-YING FISH="Job in the chippie", changing sides from r (right) to L (left)
Cool retro case for AirPods (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
"AirPods" needs to be split into Air / Pods definition: "Pods", referring to the pods of the OKRA plant OK="Cool", plus reversal/"retro" of the outer letters ("case") of A-[i]-R
Dawn French for one tucked into drink (5)
Stomach’s a problem after lamb korma occasionally (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: one of the stomachs in a ruminant animal A SUM=a mathematical calculation="a problem", after occasional letters from [L]-A-[m]-B [k]-O-[r]-M-[a]
Down
Country pub’s hosting bachelor party (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BAR'S="pub's", around/"hosting": BA (Bachelor of Arts) + DO="party"
Open ChatGPT perhaps on track (4)
Artist relies on secrecy ultimately (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BANKS="relies" (to bank/rely on something); plus ultimate letter of [secrec]-Y
Adolescent graffiti drawing in evening on ecstasy (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TAG=a form of "graffiti" [wiki] around (drawing in): EEN=e'en (contraction of 'even', meaning "evening"); plus E (ecstasy)
White on the move with queen sacrificed (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: a type of white wine ASTI-[r]="one the move" with r (regina, "queen") removed
He’s nursing poor appetite (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
anagram/"poor" of (He's nursing)*
Study O-Level Sociology essentially from the beginning (2,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DEN=as in a room in a house="Study", plus central letters ("essentially") from O [Le]-V-[el] [Soci]-O-[logy]
Case dismissed by one dressed in leather? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OUT="dismissed" + I="one" inside PATENT="leather?", reference to patent leather
Drink from unopened barrel (3)
Is that Bambi heading off for shelter? (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: AWN means to shelter with an awning [f]-AWN="Is that Bambi…?", with its head letter taken off
Cricketing legend Amiss sleeps it off (6,2)
Hassle travelling around India for Victorian women? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
for definition: SHEILA as a typically Australian name for a woman, and Victoria as in the Australian state anagram/"travelling" of (Hassle)*, around I (India, Nato alphabet)
Book is on time in the end (2,4)
TV doctor eating a very large fish (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
definition: "fish" as a plural, and a wahoo is a type of fish WHO as in Doctor Who="TV doctor" around/eating A (from surface); plus OS (over size, "very large")
Breaks wind quietly inside (4)
Serving of Navratilova lost shape (4)
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