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Predator, not one half donkey, half yak, half cow: no animals here (6,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of L[i]ON (‘predator’) minus the I (‘not one’) plus DON (‘half DON key’) plus ZO (‘half yak, half cow’ – one of alternative spellings of the hybtid) plus O (zero, ‘no’). Corrected.
Fill full of food, fried, filleted (4)
Inappropriate sightseeing, missing nothing, revealing everything (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of N/A (not applicable, ‘inappropriate’) plus T[o]URISM (‘sightseeing’) minus the O (‘missing nothing’).
Having regard to predator, turned back stock? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A reversal (‘turned back’) of RE (‘having regard to’) plus WOLF (‘predator’). The question mark for the indication by example; stock as stock-gillyflower.
In some parts of the UK, they say they can’t afford a bite to eat (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
‘In some parts of the UK’ – probably Scotland – this might sound (‘they say’) like CANNA PAY.
They’re privileged to be locked up next to ravens’ cage (8)
Architect of housing for big beasts and a smaller one covered in fleece (6)
Idle beast unearthed, defying odds (8)
‘You can see the solution: bag it!’ – a Tory activist (8)
Bank on not counting pence and cents to be interchangeable (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EXCEPT (‘not counting’) with the P and C exchanged (‘pence and cents to be interchangeable’).
Boatman in time of growth after answer is hopeful (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An envelope (‘in’) of I (‘Boatman’ as the crossword’s setter) in A (‘answer’) plus SPRING (‘time of growth’).
Eagle, one escaping from captivity, to depart (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of G[a]OL (‘captivity’) minus the A (‘one escaping’) plus DIE (‘depart’). GOLDIE was a golden eagle which escaped (twice) from London Zoo. Not golden, but a pair of bald eagles have taken up residence around a lake a mile or so from where I live.
Architect starts to build urban retreat to observe nature (6)
Architect, revolutionary, built new enclosure for king and (previously) emperor initially (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A sort-of envelope (‘enclosure for’) of E (’emperor’) and K (‘king’) separately, and with ‘previously’ indicating the order, in LUBTI, an anagram (‘revolutionary’) of ‘built’; plus N (‘new’). Berthold Lubetkin was the 1930s modernist designer of the Round House and Penguin Pool in London Zoo. As King and Emperor are species of penguin, the clue has a brilliant extended definition.
Stare at head of Guy the Gorilla? (4)
Country intended to be heard in report (9)
Down
One supporting erection of commercial housing for animal (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of LLAM. a reversal (‘erection’ in a down light’) of MALL (‘commercial housing’ – a shopping mall) plus A (‘one’), with ‘supporting’ indicating the order of the particles in the down light.
Sweets? Give mixed nuts a go (7)
All are dead and drab (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of O (zero) LIVE (‘all are dead’). Olive drab as a colour.
Last above the grave, headless, risen even on Sunday: they’re undead (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of Z (‘last’) plus [t]OMB (‘the grave’) minus its first letter (‘headless’) plus IE (‘r I s E n even’) plus S (‘Sunday’).
Storm in Beaufort scale, lacking components of real cloud (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘storm’) of ‘b[ea]ufo[r]t sca[l]e’ minus the letters of ‘real’ (‘lacking components of real’ – note that ‘components’ indicates that the letters are neither in sequence nor order).
Architect of ultimate in homes currently on London’s east side (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of S (‘ultimate in home S ‘) plus NOW (‘currently’) plus DON (‘Lon DON ‘s east side’). The definition must refer to the First Earl of Snowdon, Antony Armstrong-Jones, and is definitely misleading. According to Wikipedia , he codesigned the London Zoo aviary, known as the Snowdon Aviary (now Monkey Valley), and of which he was particularly proud. Of course it fits the crossword’s theme.
Architect-designed home for polar bears (3,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘designed’) of ‘architect’.
Argonauts’ wrecked bark (9)
Carbohydrates, fats etc not normally inert in vegan protein sources (9)
Tesla man’s let off: a prickly type (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of T (‘Tesla’ a unit of magnetic flux density) plus HIS (‘man’s’) plus TLE, an anagram (‘off’) of ‘let’.
They might be seen on leader of Algeria after revolution (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘after revolution’) of ‘Algeria’.
Enclosure curtailing boundaries of aquatic mammal’s range (7)
Boatman under back of big empty llama-house where roof ends (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of G (‘back of bi G ‘) plus AB (able-bodied seaman, ‘boatman’) plus LE (’empty L lama-hous E ‘). Note the capital first word, to hide the lower case usage, and the hyphen in llama-house to get the correct emptying.
In a manner of speaking, expending money on, say, tea in a mug (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A charade of IDIO[m] (‘a manner of speaking’) minus the M (‘expending money’) plus T (‘say tea’).
Type letters or click words in the clue