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Milky Way? Yes and no (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A play on the fact that the MILKY WAY is a GALAXY but they are different chocolate bars.
Looks around facing this type of combat (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AIR and AIR (looks) around TO (facing). We had EYE TO EYE at first thinking that a ‘confrontation’ could perhaps be a type of combat. However, nothing else seemed to connect with it – not surprisingly as it was totally wrong. When we recognised the Nina, we realised that it could be considered thematic.
Sick? That's vague (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A play on the fact that the definition for ‘ILL’ could be ‘SICK’
Expected lady at first to fight for honour (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DUE (expected) L (first letter of lady)
Electrified track's beginning at Holyhead - bothered about length (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T (first letter or ‘beginning’ of track) H (the ‘head’ of Holy – a ‘ lift and separate’) RILED (bothered) about L (length)
I see attack repelled by Italian champions (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I (Italian) LO (see) PAN (attack) all reversed or ‘repelled’. We worked this out from the wordplay but checked afterwards – Napoli were the Champions in Serie A last year.
During war a number of legit lawmen are heartlessly suffering (13)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘suffering’) of LEGIT LAWMEN and A r E (missing the middle letter or ‘heartlessly’)
Discussed chances of bad behaviour in clerical meetings (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A homophone (‘discussed’) of SIN ODDS (chances of bad behaviour)
Jack comically takes a bit of exercise pushing back cover (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DEE (Jack Dee the comedian) around a reversal (‘pushing back’) of SIT UP (a bit of exercise)
Where animal keepers might go reportedly for film (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A homophone (‘reportedly’) of ZOO LOO – ‘where animal keepers might go’. This was one of those answers I said – ‘Why is it Zulu? – and as soon as I it was said out loud, the penny dropped. No pun intended.
Romeo in state of excitement takes both right off - the ladies love him (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
R (Romeo) in HEAT (state of excitement) and an anagram (‘off’) of BOTH R (right)
See plane struggling and people (8)
More spacious but not as safe away from hotel (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
h AIRIER (not as safe) missing H (hotel)
Down
Left to find out everything about burial site (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (left) and an anagram (‘out’) of FIND in ALL (everything)
Vision and sound engineer (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A homophone (‘sound’) of EIFFEL (engineer)
Charged admission for one feature of Manchester? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RAN (charged) round or ‘admitting’ I (one)
After attack crazed nurse shoved in cupboard (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EN (nurse) ‘shoved in’ an anagram (‘after attack’) of CRAZED
Delay support (6)
Unprotected attacker gets wingman (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
r AIDE r (attacker) missing first and last letters or ‘unprotected’
Drive off around town with hack: Where do we go for a shag? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ALLAY (drive off) around T (town) HEW (hack)
Feared old fellow on entering (5)
Wants deposit (after home on the coast) (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LONGS (wants) + ORE (deposit) after H (home)
With Prime Minister at first is causing trouble (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
We think this must be: CHIEF (prime) with M (Minister) IS first – but we can’t find M as an abbreviation for Minister – is ‘at first’ doing double duty?
Winston Smith may be another one (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘may be’) of ANOTHER I (one). Winston Smith was the fictional antihero in George Orwell’s ‘Nineteen Eighty-Four’
Eye's humorous though not front cover (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
j OCULAR (humorous) missing first letter or ‘not front cover’
Old tool for two - it's in hand (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IT’S in PAW (hand)
Creature allegedly ingesting waste product (4)
I agree male organ is way short (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
st AMEN (male organ in a flower) without or ‘short of’ ‘st’ (street – ‘way’)
Type letters or click words in the clue
