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American politician introduced to a baby (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A (American) MP (politician) inside or ‘introduced to’ PER (a)
Salad ingredient is copper brown when bit of celery added (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CU (copper) UMBER (brown) around or ‘adding’ C (a bit of celery)
When quietly furious breathe audibly (8)
Sudden belch after heart transplant in outskirts of Ashgabat (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BURP (belch) with the middle two letters changing places or ‘after a heart transplant’ in A shgaba T (first and last letters only or ‘the outskirts’)
Perhaps Del Boy tours Spain cycling in anorak? (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TROTTER (Perhaps Del Boy in ‘Only Fools and Horses’) around or ‘touring’ a ‘cycling’ of SPAIN (the S and P moving to the end)
Government official briefly in Irish county (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MAYO r (Government official) missing last letter or ‘briefly’
Get rid of drug at home; just make it? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SCRAP (get rid of) E (drug) IN (at home)
Was hard to be upset after Little Richard towed vehicle (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘upset’) of WAS and H (hard) after RICK (a diminutive or ‘little’ form of Richard)
I live with ten horny climbers (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I BE (live) X (ten)
Very select group must become excited about IT (12)
Rock icon from Jamaica cut bass jams (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MARLE y (Bob Marley – ‘icon from Jamaica’) missing last letter or ‘cut’ around or ‘jamming’ B (bass)
Pureed pulses alongside cooked stomachs of animals with three feet (8)
Small rescue dog bites backside of Japanese emperor (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S (small) LASSIE (rescue dog) round or ‘biting’ E (last letter or ‘backside’ of Japanese). Apparently Lassie was a fictional dog in a short story written by Elizabeth Gaskell who rescued the younger of two half brothers. The original Lassie according to Wiki saved the life of a sailor in WW1. Joyce had to research this as her only memory was of one of her favourite childhood TV series where Lassie always seemed to ‘come to the rescue’.
Embassy's temporarily restricting plan of action (6)
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Make a mistake going topless in church recess (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
l APSE (make a mistake) missing first letter or ‘going topless’
Coated area of meat packaging isn't wide (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PORK (meat) round or ‘packaging’ AINT (isn’t) W (wide)
Ex-President is concerning once more I conceded (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RE (concerning) AGA i N (once more) missing or ‘conceding’ I
Hail Newcastle as 'surprisingly spotless' (15)
Cocaine gets in the way of celebratory drink (8)
Quality setter runs with it (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ME (setter) R (runs) IT
Curses temp leaving Miles with vile sex deviant (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
An anagram (‘deviant’) of VILE SEX and TE m P without or ‘leaving’ M (miles)
Cook put a meal in to cook (10)
Various newspapers covering frozen water on lake is invaluable (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PRESS (various newspapers) around or ‘covering’ ICE (frozen water) and L (lake)
One case of Penny doing headstand in 6 rooms (8)
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You have to imaging the p in CHAMPERS (6) standing on it’s head and becoming a b. This only works in lower case obviously – hence the ‘one case’. I am glad that Bert was able to sort this one out.
Big names catching international flight (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
STARS (big names) around or ‘catching’ I (international)
Firm support for crisis response team (5)
Nude rudely push German away (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BAR g E (rudely push) without G
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