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Maybe bow's shot showing expertise in Sherwood? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Maybe bow’s shot showing expertise in Sherwood? FORE’S (=bow’s, on ship) + TRY (=shot, try, go); the reference is to Sherwood Forest, of Robin Hood fame
Chat about head of finance in taxi (6)
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Chat about head of finance in taxi [ON (=about) + F <inance> (“head of” means first letter only)] in CAB (=taxi)
Pressure on football club to get some balls (5)
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Pressure on football club to get some balls MAN U (=football club, i.e. Manchester United) + P (=pressure, in physics); the “balls” of the definition refer colloquially to backbone, guts, courage
Bar's last pot to clear up (9)
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Bar ’s last pot to clear In a game of snooker, say, the black ball is the last ball (for the player) to pot; to blackball is to ostracise, exclude, hence “bar”
Cheers at the Olympics intensified (13)
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Cheers at the Olympics intensified Cryptic definition: “merci (=cheers, thank you; “at the Olympics” implies French, since the Olympics were held in Paris) beaucoup (=intensified, i.e. very much)”
Compare Liz with Boris's predecessor - we mustn't have her back (5)
New tea set Pip wants (9)
American's hat trick putting European record in danger (9)
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American’s hat trick putting European record in danger [E (=English) + EP (=record, i.e. e xtended- p lay)] in THREAT (=danger, risk); in US slang, a threepeat is a series of three sporting victories
Several crosses mark battlefield (5)
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Several crosses mark battlefield M (=mark, i.e. former German currency) in SOME (=several)
Issue of one's own when phoney Dr Chandler Bing releases book (13)
Aunt short of time keeps mislabelled fruit machine (9)
Don't worry about her elephant hides (5)
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Don’t worry about her elephant rides Hidden (“rides”) in “abou T HER E lephant”, cf. “There, there” to console a crying child
Meter made by Siemens went round (6)
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Meter made by Siemens went round S (=Siemens, i.e. SI unit) + PEED (=went, weed) + O (=round, i.e. pictorially); colloquially, the speedo is the speedometer of a car
Reluctance to move grey hat fixed on lady's head (8)
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Reluctance to move grey hat fixed on lady’s head L <ady> (“head” means first letter only) + *(GREY HAT); “fixed” is anagram indicator
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Iron clothes in the morning for dance show (4)
Mark on uniform damaged in riot (7)
Manage at home with lovely nurse coming round (11)
Scotsman had to bag trash in cleric's office (9)
Fellow's outer door starts to open after knock (3)
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Fellow’s outer door starts to open after knock O <pen> A <fter> K <nock>; “starts to” means first letter only; cf. to sport one’s oak is to show visitors are not welcome, at university
Fast asleep after lying down (7)
Notice sticker up in office electioneer vacated supporting Clinton (10)
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Notice sticker up in office electioneer vacated, supporting Clinton BILL (=Clinton, i.e. former US President) + POST (=office) + E <lectionee> R (“vacated” means all middle letters are dropped); a bill poster is someone who pastes posters onto billboards, hence “notice sticker up”
Retail event that's small beer (4)
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Retail event that’s small beer S (=small, in sizes) + ALE (=beer)
OK what might a flea-ridden bear get in winter? (11)
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OK , what might a flea-ridden bear get in winter? Cryptically, a flea-ridden bear may get up in winter to scratch himself!
Expensive stuff in the window at GAP sells badly (10)
Favourite uncle manipulated with a childish impatience (9)
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Favourite uncle manipulated with a childish impatience PET (=favourite) + *(UNCLE + A); “manipulated” is anagram indicator
Oven one opens touching hot potato (7)
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Oven one opens touching hot potato [OAST (=oven) + I (=one)] in RE- (=touching, regarding)
Labour in 2024? A lot are switching (7)
Rwandan who also must be heard (4)
Unknown priest going to heaven incredibly (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Unknown priest going to heaven incredibly Y (=unknown, in algebra) + REV (=priest); “going to heaven” indicates vertical reversal
Online supervisor sulks removing 50% of content (3)
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Online supervisor sulks, removing 50% of content M <o> OD (=sulks, as in to be in a mood , have the sulks ); “removing 50% of contents” means one of the two middle letters is dropped; a mod is the moderator of an online forum or discussion
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