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Start working with film crew maybe ... (5)
... unnecessarily as Countdown is finally going (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I can’t see the wordplay here. I think it might relate to the entry, ONSET , at 6 across, but if we take out the letters N and S (l ast letters of [finally] A S or I S and COUNTDOW N ) we are left with OET , which I can’t link to
Could this be Jade Jagger? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
STONE (Mick Jagger [born 1943] is a Rolling STONE [rock band]) double definition
Potato cakes a local one scoffs (7)
Horse I see and a nearly dead man astride it? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
([ I + C {see is the pronunciation for the letter C }] + [ A + BOD Y {corpse; dead man} excluding the final letter [nearly] Y ) containing (astride it) H (heroin; horse)
Spooner's legitimate highland blade (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CLAYMORE (Reverend Spooner might pronounce this as MAKE LAW (make lawful; legitimate)
Caught warning signal: good for driver if it's adverse ahead (6)
Sad Menuhin resigns after prelude to botched tune (15)
It's imported by doppelganger in German (6)
Behold engraver's primary filling so intricately lined? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( LO [behold] + E [ first letter of {primary} E NGRAVER ]) contained in (filling) an anagram of (intricately) LINED
Ham slices with dips in a source of magic for kids (7)
Articulated parts of Glasgow-Edinburgh link give out (7)
Hats off to our new editor scrutinising styles (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TONES ( first letters of [hats] taken from [off] each of T O, O UR, N EW, E DITOR and S CRUTINISING)
More of which you can guess we tick at prime locations (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ETC ( letters 2, 3 and 5 [the first three prime numbers] of W E T I C K)
Tips on shorthand typing I'll return? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ST ( first letters of [tips of] each of S HORTHAND and T YPING) + ONE (I) reversed (return)
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It's uncool when rowdy steals a kiss (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of (when rowdy) IT’S UNCOOL containing (stealing) A
Like fast food? Perhaps given porridge to eat at first riles one (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( STIR [prison – porridge is a slang term for serving a prison sentence] + FED [given something to eat] – so STIR FED can be defined as ‘given porridge’) containing (to eat) ( R [ initial letter of {at first} R ILES] + I [Roman numeral for one])
Fly out of bounds doomed (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
K NOWIN G (cunning; fly) excluding the outer letters [out of bounds] K and G )
Bolt not wanting to do qualifiers forfeits (8)
Target of Harry F remains here (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TOM B (Reference the bully Harry F lashman and his persecution of TOM B rown in the semi-autobiographical novel TOM B rown’s Schooldays by Thomas Hughes [1822 – 1896])
Out of it you may get short of light (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
OPTIC (descriptive of light) double definition
Assembled a collection of old books about cult object (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( MET [assembled, at a meeting] + OT [Old Testament; collection of old books]) all reversed (about)
Last at 'Aydock OK? (7)
Rivers' Spanners with abstracted depth for pop art (10)
Inside of freshwater fish eggs glow (9)
Soup initiatives for starving children put around pound bags (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
THROB (beat; pound) reversed (put around) and containing (bags) SC ( first letters of [initiatives for] each of S TARVING and C HILDREN)
Batting gets worse and run out is a disaster (8)
Dictated northern city guides (5)
One part of me subconsciously turns on another man (5)
Suggesting a chicken pasty (5)
Basic covering zips up (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LINO (floor [base, basic] covering)
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