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Stimulate with hot film (4)
Foolishly queries tip as fringe benefit (10)
Craving the last bit of stretchy netting (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letter of [stretch] Y , then EARNING (netting = achieving).
Later on interrupted by large blast of hot air (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BELOW (later on in a written text, as in “see below”), containing (interrupted by) L (abbreviation for large). Bellow = blast of hot air = an angry shout.
What attracts spy chief? Agent whose hidden opponents flip (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
M (codename for the spy chief in the James Bond series), then AGENT with its contained (hidden) E and N (East and North = opponents in card games) flipped.
Site not without oxygen, a biological supplier of nutrients (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PLACE (site) + N [o] T without the O (chemical symbol for oxygen) + A . Organ that supplies nutrients to a foetus in the womb.
See 22 Down
Rudely yawn, overwhelming otherwise laid-back Christian type (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (rudely) of YAWN , containing (overwhelming) ELSE (otherwise) reversed (laid back). A follower of the 18th-century brothers John and Charles Wesley, or of the Methodist theology they taught.
Dirty old man possibly put inside by Stormy (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LUSTER (one who lusts, perhaps a “dirty old man” = slang for a lecherous adult male), put inside BY .
Be so good as to place conclusions of committee and referee in speech (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PL (abbreviation for place, for example on streetmaps), then a homophone (in speech) of ES (plural of E = the double E endings of committee and referee).
Big booby's little bird (5,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GREAT (big) + TIT (booby = foolish person). British garden bird: “great” because it’s slightly bigger than the blue tit and similar species, but still quite small. Not likely to be confused with the booby, which is a seabird and much larger.
Cool chaps could be killers in Brooklyn (6)
Sat on extremely noncompliant capybara? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RODE (sat on a horse or a bicycle, for example) + end letters (extremes) of N [oncomplian] T . Definition by example. It’s the largest surviving species of rodent (about 4 feet long), native to South America, but I expect it would be noncompliant if you tried to sit on it.
Surprised prostitute in vehicle with runners (8)
Where the font is waffled at by priest (10)
You previously turned back, abandoning obsequious servant in need (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LACK [ey] (obsequious servant), without (. . . abandoning) YE (old form of “you”, so “you previously”) reversed (turned back).
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Shade in haunted house where the symbols match (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A slightly odd construction: the letters (symbols) H U E occur in the same order (match) in both H[a]U[nt]E[d] and H[o]U[s]E.
Botching run, stay on like a despot (9)
Portion at heart oddly peripheral (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Odd-numbered letters of P [o] R [t] I [o] N [a] T [h] E [a] R [t]. Peripheral (as a noun) = a device attached to a computer to provide additional function.
Assemble kit in a good mood (3,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RIG (kit = equipment, as in the “lighting rig” in a theatre) + UP (in a good mood). Not my favourite clue because “rig” in both definition and wordplay has the same root meaning, although one is a verb and the other a noun; also this meaning of “up” is more or less repeated in the next clue.
Cheerful small gestures from the conductor (7)
Doctor loves what you do (5)
Old bag from Turkey available for purchase (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TR (abbreviation for the country of Turkey, or the Republic of Türkiye as the locals prefer to call it) + OUT (available for purchase, as in “the latest volume of the series is out now”). Trout = old bag = rather offensive terms for an annoying or unattractive person.
Bikini maybe excessively abbreviated all around (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TO [o] (excessively) without the last letter (abbreviated), with ALL around it. Definition by example: a ring-shaped coral reef, such as the one in the Pacific Ocean known as Bikini. (The two-piece swimsuit was first introduced a few days after Bikini Atoll was used for nuclear testing; the name seems to have been a rather bad-taste joke by its designer, who hoped it would produce a shockingly explosive reaction.)
"No" irrelevant before "yes" (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NA (or N/A = abbreviation for “not applicable” = irrelevant) before Y (abbreviation for yes). Archaic form of “no”.
Two whiskeys, one not completely dry (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
W (Whiskey in the radio alphabet), then RY [e] (American whiskey made from rye grain) without the last letter (not completely). The US spelling with an E is correct for both. As in wry humour = dry humour = a deadpan delivery in contrast to the absurdity of what’s being said.
Basic report of three successive letters on time for each pupil (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Homophone (report) of L M N (three successive letters), then T (abbreviation for time) + A (for each, as in “£5 a ticket”) + L (abbreviation for learner, as in L-plates on a car = pupil).
Man perhaps going after a bride might be here (5)
Milk consumption (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition, though the two meanings aren’t really independent. Milk, as a verb = use = take advantage of; or consumption, as in “fuel consumption” = use.
Distributions by those willing to supply cars (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Two definitions, the first cryptic. Estate = the property of a deceased person, distributed according to the will they left; or estate (station wagon) = a car with its roofline extended to the rear over a large cargo area.
15a
(and 15 Across) Chromatic element of my prior ocular failing (fragmentary lights in rows) (7,6)
Port in Germany? Why not wine? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RIO (the port city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil) + JA (German for “yes” = “why not?” = an expression of agreement). Wine from the Rioja region of northern Spain.
Something hopped right on your toes (5)
Nibble at a steak, you won't want it all (5)
Starts to enter the chamber, it's obvious what comes next (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Starting letters of E [nter] T [he] C [hamber]. Short for Latin et cetera = and the others; often used for “I won’t bother telling you any more because you know it”.
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