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Cunningly escaped from misguided casting director (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[d] ELUDED (misguided), throwing away (casting) the D (abbreviation for director).
Something half-heartedly organised for Indonesian (8)
Young knight and classical composer having role reversal (8)
American in historic city close to Dortmund wandered aimlessly (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A (abbreviation for American) in ROME (historic city), then the end letter (close) of [dortmun] D .
Husband in rut? Wife always suggests a quick route across the pond (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
H (abbreviation for husband) in TROUGH (rut) + W (abbreviation for wife) + AY (archaic word for “always”). Throughway = in US usage (across the pond), a major road with a high traffic capacity for fast long-distance driving.
Backing Canadians to embrace opera (4)
Cope badly tackling army manual (8)
SEAL gets in training (6)
Plot to get gold bullion primarily and smear with paint? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BED (as in flower bed = plot = area of soil prepared for growing plants) + AU (Au = chemical symbol for gold, from Latin aurum ) + first letter (primarily) of B [ullion].
What to pay actors to emasculate (8)
Last third of 7up with bit of ice in Hindu ritual (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
No, this isn’t about a brand of lemonade. 7 = reference to 7d TRAFALGAR, and “up” says we need to read it in reverse (upwards in a down clue), so the last third of it is [raglaf] ART ; then add the first letter (a bit) of I [ce]. I didn’t know this Hindu ritual but Wikipedia is helpful as usual.
Argue about Liberal left probing Knock airport's information pack (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FIGHT (argue) around L (abbreviation for Liberal), then L (abbreviation for left) inserted into (probing) PAN (knock, as a verb = disparage or criticise).
Those who oppose the right of motoring organisation to check books provided (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AA (abbreviation for the Automobile Association), containing (check, as a verb = control) NT (abbreviation for New Testament = books) + IF (provided = on the condition that). Short for “anti-fascist”: a name for various activist groups set up in opposition to right-wing militant nationalism.
Pervert isn't in heavy make-up? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WARP (pervert, as a verb = distort) + AIN’T (casual variant of “isn’t”). War paint can be slang for make-up, but I think the sense we need is make-up for a “heavy” = a big aggressive fighter.
Principal spread out without thought (8)
Soprano with plenty of taste (6)
Down
Remove material from last bit of meal for one (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letter of [mea] L + EACH (as in £5 each = £5 for one).
Homer often said that Odyssey short of content about ring (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D’OH (Homer often said that: catchphrase of Homer Simpson in the cartoon series The Simpsons ), then O [dysse] Y without the inner letters (content) reversed (about). The ring (competition area) for sumo wrestling.
Take pleasure in 500+8/ (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D (Roman numeral for 500), then EIGHT containing (divided by) L (Roman numeral for 50).
Mishandle gang overwhelmed by drink (7)
They suffer damage years after contract's termination (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MAR (damage, as a verb), then YRS (abbreviation for years) after the last letter (termination) of [contrac] T .
Tease Trump about Californian city flipping in important battle site (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RAG (as a verb = tease) + FART (trump), around LA (Los Angeles = Californian city), all reversed (flipping).
Chaps repeatedly separating atomic isotopes of hydrogen for a change (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MEN + MEN (chaps repeatedly), inserted into (separating) A (abbreviation for atomic) + D + T (used as chemical symbols for deuterium and tritium, two isotopes of hydrogen, although the recommended symbols are now 2 H and 3 H).
Approval of evacuation (9)
Placated after hole made less clear (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PACIFIED (placated) after O (a round hole?).
Polish potato dish mostly found in New York City (7)
Women in Asian country good for gossip (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
W (abbreviation for women) in CHINA (Asian country) + G (abbreviation for good). Chinwag = slang for a chat or gossip.
Balls ups stop with care after nurse intervenes at last (7)
Carol shows situation initially in hand (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (initially) of S [ituation], in PALM (hand). Carol and psalm can both be used loosely to mean a hymn or religious song.
Record shock news for parish priest (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A [pp] AL (shock, as a verb) with NN (abbreviation for new, twice = news) instead of PP (abbreviation for parish priest). Annal = a record of events occurring in a particular year.
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