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Nose traveller follows back from India (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Nose traveller follows back from India <indi> A (“back from” means last letter only) + ROMA (=traveller, gypsy); the nose of a wine, say, is its aroma
Relative starts to do elegant swan impression (9)
Pastry Lee Mack shortly demolished bit by bit (9)
Flat ceramic includes date mark in Spanish (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Flat ceramic includes date mark in Spanish D (=date) in TILE (=flat ceramic); the tilde is the mark above the letter “n” in words such as España
Jump on ice that hurts after jarring clash (7)
Staggered by 16A and D (7)
Design unfinished and home undecorated (5)
Builder who's 27 29 when the job's done (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Builder who’s 27 29 when the job’s done The reference is to the BBC children’s TV programme Bob the Builder AND also to the expression Bob’s your (=entry at 27) uncle (=entry at 29), to indicate the successful completion of task, a result; this is the gateway clue to today’s puzzle
Child pally with old Mr Banks (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Child pally with old Mr Banks [IN (=pally, as in to be in with the boss ) + O (=old, as in OT)] in MR
Curving flight of e.g. fly cut in half - what keeps it up? (7)
Barefooted South African agreed to make friends (7)
Meal with different side for you to take out (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Meal with different side for you to take out L U NCH (=meal); “with different side of y o u ” means letter “u” is replaced by “y”; to lynch is to bump off, kill, hence “to take out”
Disastrous attempt at 16A 17 19 falling flat (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Disastrous attempt at 16A 17 19 falling flat A plain bob minor (16A 17 19) is a method in bellringing, so cryptically a bell y-flop could be a disastrous attempt at it!
Still 19 just one away from (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Still 19 , just one away from 18 18 – 1 = 17; if you are 17 years old, you are still a minor (=entry at 19)!
Parents' friend has name in cryptic clue (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Parents’ friend has name in cryptic clue N (=name) in *(CLUE); “cryptic” is anagram indicator; parents have their children refer to male friends of the family as “uncles”
Down
16A old man's holding up map the wrong way round (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
16A old man’s holding up map the wrong way round PAM (MAP; “the wrong way round” indicates vertical reversal) + PA’S (=old man’s); the pampas are grassy plains (=entry at 16A)
A famous 17 17 17 film with Sandra Bullock (10)
Secretary left without the FT is livid (4)
What you 17 for is relevant bar one (6)
New dustmen are not sorted by academic ability (10)
Swap last pair then middle pair of 3 ringing changes (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Swap last pair then middle pair of 3, ringing changes Swap last two letters of “pa le (=entry at 3)” to give p ae l, then middle two letters to give “peal”!; in bellringing, a peal is when changes are rung, hence “ringing changes”
Person using ticket in response to offer (8)
Secret internet - we'd be crazy keeping record (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Secret internet – we’d be crazy keeping record EP (=record, i.e. extended-play) in *(WE’D BE); “crazy” is anagram indicator
Jointly take bananas to lost property? (10)
Miniature portrait of Victoria 12 for a 17? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Miniature portrait of Victoria , 12 for a 17? The reference is to the penny black, the first UK adhesive postage stamp, which bore a miniature portrait of Queen Victoria; in old money a bob (=entry at 17) or shilling was worth 12 pence, hence 12 penny blacks could be bought for a bob!
No trouble taking 50 away from 16A + (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
No trouble taking 50 away from 16A + 19 P <l> AIN (=entry at 16A; “taking 50 (=L, in Roman numerals) away” means letter “l” is dropped) + LESS (=minor, i.e. entry at 19, inferior)
Decadent place has honey left over (7)
Try British league and French cup (6)
Quickly deflate favourite doll (6)
Central section of Lexington Avenue (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Central section of Lexington Avenue <lexi> N <gton> (“central section of” means middle letter) + AVE (=avenue); the nave is the central section of a church, a wheel
A typical year banking bonus regularly (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A typical year, banking bonus regularly <b> O <n> U <s> (“regularly” means alternate letters only are used) in YR (=year); “your” can mean “a typical …” in phrases such as your middle-aged white male
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