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Former Poet Laureate associated with Christmas pudding? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Traditionally, Christmas pudding was formed into a ball and boiled in a bag (a duff or even plum-duff), so something associated with it might fancifully be referred to as DUFFY – a reference to Carol Ann Duffy, Poet Laureate from 2009 to 2019
Farm attendant fixed soil removing nitrogen? (9)
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STABLE (fixed) LA n D (soil) with the ‘n’ (nitrogen) removed
Again atop rocks in part of South America (9)
Imagine French are enthralled by Augustus (5)
Speculation those people kept about soldiers (6)
F Observer o (8)
Fairground attractions free every Saturday at the outset (5)
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RID (free) E S (first letters or ‘outset’ of every Saturday)
Rocks cooling Earth repeatedly from around 30 million years ago (9)
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An anagram (‘rocks’) of COOLING and E E (‘earth repeatedly’)
Horse in shock couple of rounds - it’s trailing (9)
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APPAL (shock) O O (‘couple of rounds’) + SA (sex appeal – ‘it’) – a new word for us
Suggest I should fill job (5)
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I in or ‘filling’ POST (job)
Confirm accommodating a boy at a particular time of year (8)
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SEAL (confirm) round or ‘accommodating’ A SON (boy)
Performer is associated with time in role (not lead) (6)
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IS after T (time) in p ART (role) missing the first letter (‘not lead’)
Democrat leading schism in vague movement (5)
Air not at first gusty not at first in an unbalanced way (9)
Amount of film about flat deserted US city (9)
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CAN (‘amount of film’) round LEVEL (flat) + D (deserted)
Seeing King flee make certain to follow (5)
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ENSU r E (make certain) with the ‘r’ (King) missing or ‘fleeing’
Down
Transplant plants say and store (5)
Stupid couple of articles probing passing fashion (7)
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A THE (couple of articles) in or ‘probing’ FAD (passing fashion)
Raunchy days with girl embracing grand pathway to heaven or hell? (9)
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An anagram (‘raunchy’) of DAYS and GIRL rounder ’embracing’ G (grand) – definitely a new word for Bert but Joyce vaguely remembered meeting it in a previous crossword although she could only remember the first three letters.
Number in G & S on reflection (4)
Disorder in a handcar - a scorpion? (10)
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An anagram (‘disorder’) of IN A HANDCAR
Trivial insult son dismissed (5)
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s LIGHT (insult) ‘dismissing’ ‘s’ (son)
Most of vulgar physicians beginning to eat variety of fruit (7)
Uncomfortable involving one in effort to confuse (9)
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SORE (uncomfortable) round or ‘involving’ I (one) in DINT (effort)
Style of singing that could give you a carol tour (10)
Musically irregular concoction of harp and disco (9)
Left work initially with a Parisienne - very auspicious! (9)
Revamped plainer confectionery (7)
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An anagram (‘revamped’) of PLAINER
Things protecting quiet farming areas - farmer’s heading away (7)
Unusual tense used in this country’s English (5)
Spoken sentence provides word for ‘herb’ (5)
Bit of greenery perhaps giving extra heart to another colour (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RED (‘another colour’) with an extra E (middle letter or ‘heart’)
Type letters or click words in the clue