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Fine sprightly elf-like creature (5)
Girl getting a passage back finally to Caicos Islands (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Girl getting a passage back finally to Caicos islands GAL (=girl) + A + PAG (GAP=passage, space; “back” indicates reversal) + <t> O <caico> S (“finally” means last letters only)
A dry summer month to go topless and acclimatise (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A dry summer month to go topless and acclimatise A + TT (=dry, teetotal) + <j> UNE (=summer month; “to go topless” means first letter is dropped)
Despair brewing about jetBlue's latest flight rate (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Despair brewing about jetBlue’s latest flight rate <jetBlu> E (“latest” means last letter only) in *(DESPAIR); “brewing” is anagram indicator
Corn I am cooking with a variety of pasta (8)
Munch cold cut (4)
Catches second criminal near back of buildings (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Catches second criminal near back of buildings S (=second) + *(NEAR) + <building> S (“back of” means last letter only); “criminal” is anagram indicator
Some song regularly sung at church (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Some song regularly sung at church S <u> N <g> (“regularly” means alternate letters only) + AT + CH (=church); a snatch of a song is a burst of singing, a fragment of a song
Man in check with a pawn (4)
On the way out kid charges on mud carelessly (8)
Detective given power in intelligence deal (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Detective given power in intelligence deal DI (=detective, i.e. detective inspector) + [P (=power, in physics) in SENSE (=intelligence)]; to deal is to dispense, distribute, e.g. cards
Takes a break after Charlie reaches the top (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Takes a break after Charlie reaches the top C (=Charlie, in the NATO alphabet) + RESTS (=takes a break); to crest is to culminate, reach a high point
Perhaps seniors arranged departure (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Perhaps seniors arranged departure E.G. (=perhaps, say) + *(SENIORS); “arranged” is anagram indicator
Frequently scrubbed droopy tail of Rex (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Frequently scrubbed droopy tail of Rex <d> R <o> O <p> Y <t> A <i> L (“frequently scrubbed” means alternate letters are dropped); “of rex” means pertaining to a king, hence “royal”
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It left damage in extremely treacherous hot coastal wetland (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
It left damage in extremely treacherous hot coastal wetland SA (=it, i.e. sex appeal) + L (=left) + {MAR (=damage) in [ T <reacherou> S (“extremely” means first and last letters only)]} + H (=hot, as on tap)
Brother and uncles initially laugh with excitement (8)
Grief overwhelming young male champion (7)
Small enough to try (6)
Like a giraffe's day aboard a vessel (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Like a giraffe ’s day aboard a vessel FRI (=day, of week) in [A + CAN (=vessel, holder of liquid)]
Frank in love with writer (4)
Duck kept in freezer overnight (4)
Scrap thin broken part of helmet (9)
Old containers in the kitchen holding last of grilled mushrooms (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Old containers in the kitchen holding last of grilled mushrooms EX- (=old, former) + [<grille> D (“last of” means last letter only) in PANS (=containers in the kitchen)]; to mushroom is to grow or spread, often uncontrollably
Where food might be fixed needing small pot on the counter (8)
Leader recalled agent in capital city (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Leader recalled agent in capital city REP (=agent, i.e. representative) in ROME (=capital city, of Italy); “recalled” indicates reversal
Gardener gathering cheap crop ultimately for grain bin (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Gardener gathering cheap crop ultimately for grain bin <chea> P <cro> P (“ultimately” means last letter of each word only is used) in HOER (=gardener); a hopper is a container in which seed is carried for sowing, hence “grain bin”
Toss stone (4)
Monarch's family heading to gala (4)
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