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Approves current demands (8)
Bargain with Yorkshire Ripper, ultimately a killer (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SNIP (a bargain) + [yorkshir]E [rippe]R, ultimately
Half of headphones are broken with silence heard (8)
Silver wind instrument is OK (6)
Play to suit solvers (2,3,4,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A delightful double definition
Medic in the morning facing a crisis (5)
Big guns vessel internally in poor condition (9)
Isn’t it commonly love that keeps gear hidden? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
INNIT (isn’t it, commonly) + O (love) round COG (gear)
Swell port? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Not a simple double definition, as it appears at first sight, hence the question mark: I think this is one of those trademark Philistine clues where we have to separate B LOAT to arrive at L (left) in BOAT (= port) – I think
Muck about, you said, with reality in the making (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MANURE (muck) round U (you said) FACT (reality)
26a
Twisting truth, stand by copper in adversarial action (3,3,6)
Mischievous silence after seafood (8)
See 24
District court in pursuit of wayward prince (8)
Down
Port and beer by Adrian Turner (10)
What goes with fish and chips in Epsom for Spooner? (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I’ve only recently come across this (to me) bizarre accompaniment to fish and chips: Spooner might say this for Surrey course (E psom )
Gold-plated end is so long (5)
Countries following high speed intrigue (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MACH 1 (high speed) + NATIONS (countries)
Cabaret near the centre of Luton found by driver? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NIGH (near) + luTon + CLUB (driver)
If, say, Englishman kept his head … (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
POM (Englishman) round E[nglishman] for the Kipling poem (quoted in the inscription above the players’ entrance to Wimbledon Centre Court: “If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same …”) My top favourite clue
… and in speech, regretted offensive … (4)
… one in the Royal Navy might find nice workplace after right promotion (5,7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
If we ‘promote’ the R (right), we get PRETTY OFFICE (nice work place)
At first, Darwin and his theory got independent treatment (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D[arwin] + EVOLUTION (his theory)
Hero myth at variance with Philistine’s alternative role (2,5,3)
Squabbles are not about sticker beginning to stick (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AREN’T (are not) + GUM (sticker) + S[tick]
Funny magazine (5)
Discothèque welcomes Billy Connolly? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Contained in di SCOT hèque
Prison disturbance (4)
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