Across
Writer making copper three dimensional (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Bluth wants you to add BIC (writer) to CU (copper)
Angels missing out on one Hotel New Hampshire (8)
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An anagram (‘new’) of HAMPS h IRE missing one ‘h’ (hotel)
Have habit that's a bit much - no more doctors keeping tabs (9)
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OVER (no more) DRS (doctors) around or ‘keeping’ ES (tabs as in drugs)
See 7 Down
Server dropping one drink (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WA i TER (server) ‘dropping’ I (one)
Minister assuming party position (3-2)
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MIN (minister) around or ‘assuming’ DO (party)
Irving's first novel's last line is off-colour (3)
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I (Irving’s first letter) L (last letter of novel) L (line)
Fiction Professor taking week's rest (3,4)
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LIE (fiction) DON (professor) around or ‘taking’ W (week)
Toy Show (4)
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Double definition
Digital photo of judge, for example (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
JP (justice of the peace – judge) EG (for example). We had EPIC here for a while with the parsing – E(digital) PIC (photo) but couldn’t work out what the definition was.
Take me dancing with gangster, ultimately becoming part of mob (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘dancing’) of TAKE ME and R (last or ‘ultimate’ letter of gangster). The collective noun for meerkats is a mob.
Staff regularly reading magazines (3)
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Regular letters in MagAziNes
Cast out and about with musical, mostly touring (5)
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EVIT a (musical with last letter removed or ‘mostly’) around or ‘touring’ C (about)
Lengthy pedestrian crossing built up (5)
Regrets accommodating fifty guides (5)
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RUES (regrets) around or ‘accommodating’ L (fifty)
In retrospect, number is up for invested wealth (9)
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A reversal (‘in retrospect’) of NO (number) IS and UP with FOR inside or ‘invested’
Vegetable put, essentially, by one of Irving's characters, in salt water (5,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
U (middle or ‘essential’ letter of sugar put ) GARP (the lead character in John Irving’s novel – The World According to Garp) in SEA (salt water). Thanks Bluth
Steals 6 seconds (5)
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EDGE (a synonym for ‘advantage’ – 6 down) S (seconds). We had to check this but Chambers has STEAL and EDGE as synonyms in the Thesaurus
Down
Old Republican, Romney halved weight in prison accommodation (8)
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ROM (half of Romney) W (weight) inside CELL (prison accommodation)
Setting Free The Bears is pants (8)
Alcoholic drink thrown up somewhat predictably (5)
He finally paused awkwardly and relaxed (5,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘awkwardly’) of E (final letter in he) and PAUSED
Very adult books saw covers getting interest (9)
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V (very) A (adult) NT (New Testament – ‘books’) inside or ‘covered by’ ADAGE (saw)
11a
(and 11 Across) Twisted River echoes form of epic poetry (6,5)
Cloth, largely covering English breakfast? (6)
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MUSLI n (cloth) with last letter missing or ‘largely’ around or ‘covering’ E (English)
Initially Owen Meany worked as a petty officer with clerical duties (6)
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An anagram (‘worked’) of O (first or ‘initial’ letter of Owen) and MEANY. We had to check the definition here.
Quiet journalists wearing glasses start to rattle tyrant (9)
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P (quiet) PRESS (journalists) inside or ‘wearing’ OO (glasses) + R (first letter or ‘start’ to rattle)
Missing exercise (8)
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Double definition
Bosses welcoming hospital department's trainees (8)
Sight exam's soft for Charlie (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
G c SE (exam) with LIMP (soft) replacing C (Charlie). This one took a little longer to parse than others.
Manner of drug overdose (6)
Smiles smugly as text describes distress (6)
International organisation cleared out petrol refined by government to remove the lead (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UN (United Nations – ‘international organisation’) P etro L (first and last letters only or ‘cleared out’) U (refined) G (Government)
Show bust and get all naked for audience (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Middle letters (‘get all naked’) of sHOw bUSt gEt
Type letters or click words in the clue
