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Unusual literary task reveals painful truth (12)
Stone in stream inspires English author (9)
Possibly Catholic for the time being (5)
Bring on bird with no head and backside (6)
Certain to stop drink being quantified (8)
Slovak statesman to name his neighbour on the radio (6)
Once evil is let loose brutality results (8)
Obnoxious waster fights about storing tools (8)
Philosopher's financial backers are becoming charitable at last (6)
Prevent Poles getting arable land in Yorkshire town (8)
Native Americans' old son gets older (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Native Americans ’ old son gets older O (=old, as in Old Testament) + S (=son) + AGES (=gets older); the Osages are a Native American tribe living in Oklahoma
Elicit fine punching fruit-picker in (5)
Thus a pontiff meets God in drama (9)
I persist with plan to rip fabric (12)
Down
Pass over American in bar (7)
Prevent Bill's daughter leaving (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Prevent Bill’s daughter leaving A <d> VERT (=bill, poster); “ daughter (=D) leaving” means letter “d” is dropped
Families regularly persist in perverted activity? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Families regularly persist in perverted activity? KIN (=family) + KIN (=family) + <p> E <r> S <i> S <t> (“regularly” means alternate letters only)
Hazard perhaps of drug study (4)
Body of water in city that is conversely smack in the middle (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Body of water in city that is conversely smack in the middle KEER (REEK (=smack (of), small strongly (of); “conversely” indicates reversal) in [L.A. (=city, i.e. Los Angeles) + I.E. (=that is, id est)]
Beer cask is found in North African city (5)
Break in digit with end of flexor displaced (8)
Involve oneself in award from dictator (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Involve oneself in award from dictator Homophone (“from dictator”) of “medal (=award)”
Overly radical supporter beginning to blow up crop (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Overly radical supporter beginning to blow up crop TOO (=overly) + R (=radical, in chemistry) + TEE (=supporter, in golf) + B <low> (“beginning to” means first letter only); “up” indicates vertical reversal
Wants to get host jiggling for outsiders (9)
Fruit tree is kids' favourite place to visit on high street (except Henry) (8)
Bishop in brief broadcast to expose liar (6)
Suffer small discolouration covering uniform (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Suffer small discoloration covering uniform U (=uniform, in NATO alphabet) in [S (=small, in sizes) + STAIN (=discoloration)]; to sustain e.g. damage is to suffer it
Veronica's peed off? Great! (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Veronica’s peed off? Great ! S <peed> WELL (=Veronica, the speedwell genus); “ peed off” means letters “peed” are dropped
Well-mannered man entertains women in Welsh county (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Well-mannered man entertains women in Welsh county W (=women) in GENT (=well-mannered man)
Cook unfinished kebab that's going off (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Cook unfinished kebab that’s going off *( KEBA <b>); “unfinished” means last letter is dropped from anagram, indicated by “that’s going off”
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