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Damp fog gathers round (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MIST (fog) containing (gathering) O (round).
Dirty trick reported at the same time (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MEAN (dirty = slang for unfair, as in “dirty deal”) + homophone (reported) of WILE (trick).
Getting hold of recipe, magistrate fixed a meal (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BEAK (slightly old-fashioned slang for magistrate, schoolmaster, or similar authority figure) containing (getting hold of) R (abbreviation for Latin recipe = take, in medicine formulations), then FAST (fixed, as in “stuck fast”).
A leader of Brexiteers needs striking roughly (5)
Gallery lost half of Caravaggio works (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (abbreviation for lost, as in records of a sports team’s recent results: W3, D1, L2) + anagram (works) of the second half of [carav] AGGIO . Loggia = an open balcony in a theatre = gallery. (Or a covered arcade attached to a building.)
His luck changed, close to someone similar (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (changed) of HIS LUCK , then the closing letter of [someon] E .
Acquiring shopping area by hospital, joins property owners (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SOLDERS (joins, in metal), containing (acquiring) MALL (shopping area) + H (abbreviation for hotel). Smallholder = someone owning and operating a small farm, often a one-family enterprise.
Wretched record playing well into the night? (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DISC (record = music recording) + ON (playing) + SO LATE (well into the night?).
Mark cuts grass, uncomplaining (8)
Artistic technique mostly creating mood (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TEMPER [a] (historic painting technique using pigments mixed with egg yolk), without the last letter (mostly). As in a bad temper = a bad mood.
One fellow abandons dinosaur droppings (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[i] GUANO [don] (a type of dinosaur), abandoning I (one in Roman numerals) and DON (fellow = university academic staff member).
At home, tucked into pineapple drink (9)
Hems can go high for this dress (9)
Article with extremely macabre subject (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
THE (definite article) + end letters (extremes) of M [acabr] E .
Down
To rally crowd, I tell a story about head of state (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MOB (crowd) + I + LIE (tell a story), around the first letter (head) of S [tate]. Mobilise = rally = encourage into action.
Graphic symbol or image daughter redesigned (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (redesigned) of OR IMAGE + D (d = abbreviation for daughter, in genealogy listings giving the number of children). A language-independent pictorial symbol, such as the “waste-bin” image representing “delete”.
Could be to yield, wanting minimum of kerfuffle? (4,2,5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (could be) of TO YIELD WANTING with the minimum (just the first letter) of K [erfuffle]. Clue-as-definition: take it lying down = accept a situation without causing a fuss. I think I’ve only ever heard this phrase used in a negative sense, as in “don’t take it lying down”.
Starter of mutton to devour? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (starter) of M [utton], then EAT (devour). Clue-as-definition, with the question mark indicating a definition by example.
Advanced plumbing needs little time to be installed – amazing (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A (advanced, as in A-level exams) + SOUNDING (plumbing, as in plumbing the depth of the sea), with T (short for time, so “little time”) inserted (installed).
We're told if a force 10 on way – by this? (7,8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Homophone (we’re told) of WHETHER (if), then an anagram (10 = reference to 10a ABOUT) of A FORCE , then ST (short for street = way). Extended definition. if there’s a Force 10 storm on the way, you’d hope the weather forecast would tell you so.
Well-known passage from mystic on I Ching (6)
Charlie drops out of Middle English course (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[c] ENTRE (middle), without the C (Charlie in the radio alphabet), then E (abbreviation for English). A dish served as a starter before the main course of a meal; or in North American English it can mean the main course itself.
Hall porters recognise suspect outside college (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (suspect, as an adjective = dubious) of RECOGNISE , outside C (abbreviation for college).
Place for holidaymakers affected the audience's view (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CAMP (affected, as an adjective = contrived or over-acted) + homophone (the audience’s) of SIGHT (view).
On reflection, did wrong pinching one monarch's bottom (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ERRED (did wrong), reversed (on reflection), containing (pinching) I (one in Roman numerals) + ER (Elizabeth Regina = monarch).
Josh is boring jerk? Very sad (6)
It's an adventure, missing commercial flight (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ESCAP [ad] E (adventure), missing AD (advertisement = commercial).
Broadcast live in the morning (4)
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