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Ruling family in a bad way going to supermarket (8)
Line in curse - church becoming pale (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (abbreviation for line) in BAN (archaic word for a curse, according to the dictionaries), then CH (abbreviation for church). Pale, as a verb = blanch = lose colour, for example to go white in the face due to fear.
Following West Indian religion runs a trek around capital of Trinidad (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
R (abbreviation for runs, in cricket scoring) + A SAFARI (a trek), around the first letter (capital) of T [rinidad].
Power and energy associated with odd character in fact (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (abbreviation for energy), after F OR C (a choice of the odd-numbered characters in F[a]C[t]). Physicists will no doubt insist that force and power are two separate things, but in common non-scientific usage the two terms can be used in the same way.
Competitor not very taken aback? Retreat (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RI [v] AL (competitor), without the V (abbreviation for very), reversed (taken aback). Retreat = lair = a private hiding-place.
Not angelic naughty from birth (10)
Irish horror writer - devotee found in the French University (6)
Fruit drink containing a bit of heavenly body (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CASSIS (short for crème de cassis , a liqueur made from blackcurrants; cassis can sometimes also refer to a non-alcoholic blackcurrant juice drink) containing the first letter (a bit) of H [eavenly]. Chassis = the body of a vehicle.
Type of music adopted by the Mods? (3)
Land in contact with water - this after storm mostly a pulpy mess (7)
Opinion following tense confused state (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ANGLE (a viewpoint or opinion) after T (abbreviation for tense).
Deception about good deal in office equipment (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GUILE (deception), around LOT (a good deal of something = a lot = a large quantity) + IN . Office paper-cutting device.
Priest in Massachusetts linked to US city (4)
I’d invested in speculative deal for bathroom fitment (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I’D inserted into (invested in) BET (a speculative deal).
Not a positive view of European lake? (9)
Forgive former partner’s hint about son (6)
My rendering of Nimrod: a ruffian (8)
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Ford say developed large hybrid at last (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (developed) of LARGE + last letter of [hybri] D . For example Gerald Ford, former US President.
Encourage internet company with passion about Net primarily (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ISP (abbreviation for internet service provider) + IRE (passion = anger), around the first letter (primarily) of N [et].
Thailand omitted from maps sadly (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A [t] LAS (a book of maps) without T (the international vehicle registration for Thailand).
Face punk band after leader’s left discussions (9)
Explosion of national ecstasy around France for French fabulist (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (explosion) of NATIONAL + E (abbreviation for the drug ecstasy), around F (abbreviation for France). Jean de la Fontaine, 17th-century French writer who published collections of fables from various sources translated into French.
Religious services in Sunderland area offering sea snails (7)
Opening of hundred sewers not supplying North and South? That’s negligent (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (opening) of H [undred] + [n] EEDLES (sewers = things that sew) without the N (abbreviation for North), then S (abbreviation for South).
Success with Government faction (4)
Vehicles carrying one thousand of the best nuns (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CARS (vehicles), containing (carrying) M (one thousand in Roman numerals) + ELITE (the best). Members of a religious order originally founded at Mount Carmel in Israel.
Connect with a lost buddy finally? Letter may provide that (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (lost) of CONNECT + A , then the final letter of [budd] Y . A letter (one who rents property to others) might provide co-tenancy (the holding of property jointly by two or more people).
Like air in wrong end of house (8)
Description of harmony obtained with criminal gang in charge? (7)
Lecturer received a wage being scholarly (7)
Capitals of California and Nevada accommodating State Chamber (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letters (capitals) of C [alifornia] and N [evada], containing AVER (state, as a verb = say).
It’s a pest for the moment (4)
Satisfied I picked up article (4)
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