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Campaign ad covers front of office in maroon (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CRUS [o] E (maroon, as a noun = a person marooned on an island, such as Robinson Crusoe), with AD replacing (covering) the O which is the front letter of “office”. I hadn’t come across this noun sense of “maroon” before, but both Chambers and Collins recognise it, though the latter says the usage is “rare”.
F Flora of South Africa o (6)
T S Eliot disturbed retiree in bar with perfume (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (disturbed) of T S ELIOT , then OAP (abbreviation for old-age pensioner = retiree).
Mates Scott and Gerald divided by the sound of it (4)
Dictator embraced by the French after revolution - Napoleon according to Orwell (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AMIN (Idi Amin, former military dictator in Uganda) contained in (embraced by) LA (feminine form of “the” in French), all reversed (after revolution). Napoleon (a pig) is a character in Animal Farm by George Orwell.
New visitor mad on crime (7)
African leaves End of Watch by King old volunteers taken aback (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
End letter of [watc] H after K (abbreviation for king in chess or playing cards), then TA (abbreviation for Territorial Army = old name for what is now the Army Reserve = military volunteers) reversed (taken aback). Leaves chewed as a psychoactive stimulant, popular in eastern Africa.
Greene and half of Brighton rock to 17's pop (10)
Tiny blonde novel writer criticised for being dumb (10)
Part of France which Esio Trot 's first name comes from? (4)
Das Boot t (7)
P War and Peace e (6)
One of [Elements Through the Looking Glass] and not one (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NOR (and not) + I (one in Roman numerals), all reversed (through the looking glass). A chemical element.
Doctor Marlowe fashioned leading character in devilish fantasy (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DR (abbreviation for doctor) + anagram (fashioned = made) of MARLOWE + first (leading) letter of D [evilish].
Time to relax with reading/writing puzzle (6)
Whip in The Secret Agent for show (7)
Down
Comic of little value new cents tops (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LOW (of little value) + N (abbreviation for new), with C (abbreviation for cents) at the beginning (tops, in a down clue).
One holding 26 up edition not bound (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UNIT (one), holding MIL (26d) reversed (up = upwards in a down clue), then ED (abbreviation for edition).
Some drama fellow misplaced in non-fiction (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[f] ACT (non-fiction) without the F (abbreviation for fellow). A major division of a play (for example Acts 1 and 2 separated by an interval).
Feeling upset by large bestseller in 16? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Tome = a large book, so a large bestseller in a BOOKSHOP (16d) could be a NO I (Number 1) TOME ; all reversed (upset = upwards in a down clue).
Dickensian lad starts to explain chimney-sweeping thinner brush for narrow flue (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PIP (a young lad in the Dickens novel Great Expectations ) + starting letters of E [xplain] C [himney-sweeping] + LEANER (thinner).
Fantastic Mr Fox m (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (fantastic) of M [r] FOX , with the R (first letter of R[obbery]) replaced by A . Charitable organization, originally founded as the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief.
C Notes From a Small Island a (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ER (the late Queen Elizabeth II), containing N (abbreviation for note) + TE (another note, this time one in the musical sol-fa scale), hence “notes”; then KEY’S (belonging to a key = a small island). Enter key on a computer keyboard, used to mark the end of a line of text; sometimes called “carriage return” after the corresponding mechanism on a mechanical typewriter.
Pound for one Allende with a line crossed through right money (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (abbreviation for a pound sterling, from Latin libra ) + EG (for one = for example), then AL [l] ENDE (presumably the novelist Isabel Allende) with the second L “crossed through” to make it into a T , then R (abbreviation for right). Legal tender = a form of money that can legally be offered and accepted as currency.
Staff paid nothing worked safely without touching (9)
Some 6 outlets smell certainly hot inside concessions (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BO (abbreviation for body odour = smell) + OK (certainly = an expression of assent), then H (abbreviation for hot) inside SOPS (concessions = things given to appease someone). Oxfam (6d) has a range of charity shops, many of which are specialist second-hand bookshops.
Second-hand dealer's wobbles when walking (7)
S The Spy Who Loved Me e (5)
Island with butcher Whisky Galore there (5)
A Brontë's inside small volume (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Inner letters (inside) of [e] MIL [y], one of the Brontë sisters. Abbreviation for millilitre, formerly used in pharmaceutical prescriptions.
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