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Fun fellow quietly put down herbal tea (8)
Fire on plane when phosphorus leaks from unopened backpack (6)
Tropical tree needs roughly twice what we need to breathe (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CA (ca = abbreviation for Latin circa = about = roughly) twice, then O (chemical symbol for oxygen = what we need to breathe). The tree that produces what’s rather confusingly spelt as cocoa.
Nasty red wine keeps con warmer at night (9)
International footballer Lionel Messi not entirely removing tree (7)
Class hurried back after cup match (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RAN (hurried) reversed (back), after SEMI (short for semi-final match, in a knockout competition such as the FA Cup).
Discourage crazy reverse parking (4)
Bishop travels on forced to listen to attendant (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
B (abbreviation for bishop) + RIDES (travels on, as in “rides a bicycle”) + homophone (to listen to) of MADE (forced, as in “they were made to repay the costs”).
Bronze age tin surprisingly left off the main agenda (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TAN (bronze, especially as in sun-tan or fake tan) + anagram (surprisingly) of AGE TIN , then L (abbreviation for left). Tangential = not directly relevant to the subject being discussed.
Leave house less regularly (4)
Strong wind ruptured flap (7)
Local lane close to Bagshot with five couples on it (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letter (close) of [bagsho] T + W (abbreviation for with), then TEN (5 x 2 = five couples) after IT . Dialect (local) word for a narrow lane or alleyway.
Teas organised before horse's treat after hunt (9)
Try to hurry endless idiotic speech (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DRIVE [l] (idiotic speech) without the last letter (endless). As in driving a group of animals along the road.
Yankee drone crashed over there (6)
Novel furniture for the boudoir collected by a noblewoman (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BED (furniture you’d expect to find in a boudoir) contained in (collected by) A DAME (a noblewoman). Novel by George Eliot.
Down
The best energy-saving light given longer life (7)
Compère party in Cape Town with husband on arm dancing (9)
A couple of rounds after mass Irish priest suggested (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
M (scientific symbol for mass) + two O (a couple of rounds) + TED (Irish priest in the TV sitcom Father Ted ).
Valuable items found no doubt during jolly ramble (13)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SURE (no doubt), in TREAT (jolly = an entertainment or excursion, especially one provided free) + ROVE (ramble = wander).
Potter a guaranteed success claims novelist (8)
Nut is article full of goodness (5)
Blood type: bloody (7)
Princess with blue Aston Martin and diamonds far from privileged (13)
Clue for cat that's overdue? (9)
Pound for one beer starts to see excited language at the bar (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (abbreviation for a pound in UK money, from Latin libra ) + EG (e.g. = for example = for one) + ALE (beer) + starting letters of S [ee] E [xcited]. At the bar = working in the legal profession.
Young child crying throwing a wobbly (7)
True crime podcast's visionary (7)
Election candidate confused Dimbleby by withdrawing (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (confused) of DIMBLE [by] without the BY. (For those not familiar with these things, David Dimbleby is known for presenting the BBC’s live coverage of general election results.) Short for Liberal Democrat (a member of the political party).
Baker's proved nothing in boulangerie contains sulphur (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RIEN (“nothing” in French, so as it would be spoken in a boulangerie = French baker’s shop) containing S (chemical symbol for sulphur). In baking, dough is left to “prove” = rise = expand as the yeast produces carbon dioxide.
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