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Rest will ignore a prompt (8)
Respectful staff around computer department (6)
Spirit of destiny overlooking one part of family (5)
Dull period around two-thirds of holiday venue (8)
Article about English verb thesis misjudged poem with notorious verb (14)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
THE (the definite article), around an anagram (misjudged) of E (abbreviation for English) + VERB THESIS . Title of a poem by Philip Larkin (the phrase is a quotation from another poem by Robert Louis Stevenson). Phi is referring to the “notorious” first line of the Larkin poem, which uses the F-word as a verb.
Walking style around rear of the yard offering a lot of fun (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GAIT (manner of walking), around the last letter (rear) of [th] E , then Y (abbreviation for yard).
Put an end to providing bed in school (6)
Recording shock about religious figure in boss’s place (14)
Less-than-serious flight for fun not entirely dreadful (8)
Text for you in America left in the normal way (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
U (text for you = abbreviation for “you” as used in text messages) in USA (United States of America), then L (abbreviation for left).
Problem with area housing the Spanish source of caviar (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BUG (a problem, especially in computer software) + A (abbreviation for area), containing (housing) EL (a form of “the” in Spanish). Species of sturgeon from which caviar is obtained.
TV and press perhaps rubbish backing negotiation specialist (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MEDIA (TV and press perhaps), then ROT (rubbish) reversed (backing).
Down
Offensive person’s secure trade to grab everything (8)
Something bad about good indicator (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SIN (something bad) around G (abbreviation for good).
Outcast runs into rainy church (6)
Encourage burst of energy fading at the end (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SPUR [t] (a burst of energy) without the last letter (fading at the end).
Scar shown by the Devil? (10)
Farm building for me lacking new block (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
STY (or pigsty = farm building) + MI [n] E (for me), without the N (abbreviation for new). Block, as a verb = stymie = to hinder or prevent.
Gloomy town dead picking up with second amount of energy injected (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CITY (large town) + D (abbreviation for dead), reversed (picking up = upwards in a down clue), with S (abbreviation for second) + PEP (a dose of energy, as in “pep up” or “pep talk”) inserted (injected). Dyspeptic = suffering from indigestion, but the word is also used figuratively for being gloomy or irritable.
Latest drink supplier finally brought in to add energy to tournament (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Final letter of [supplie] R , inserted into STIR UP (add energy to) + CUP (sports competition = tournament). A drink offered to guests as they depart: supposedly when they’re already on horseback and have their feet in the stirrups ready to go.
Police team bringing very cool desserts to part of school? (9)
Perhaps Grandma’s to threaten about one item in the will? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HER (belonging to a woman = perhaps Grandma’s) + LOOM (as a verb = to threaten, as in “looming black clouds”), around I (one in Roman numerals). Something passed down through a family, possibly by a bequest in a will.
Sweet song from a couple including large contralto (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DUET (a piece of music for two performers = song from a couple), including L (abbreviation for large) + C (abbreviation for the contralto singing voice, though it’s now more often represented as A for the shorter form “alto”). As in “dulcet tones” = sweet-sounding.
Going ahead with match with millions coming in at the right moment (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ON (going ahead, as in “is the meeting still on this afternoon?”) + TIE (a sports match, as in “cup tie”), with M (abbreviation for millions) inserted.
Brought up a lot of vegetarian food sadly (4)
American state university upheld capital item (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
U (abbreviation for university), then HAT (capital item?) reversed (upheld = upwards in a down clue). Yes, “capital” is derived from the Latin for “head” and Chambers says “capital” can mean “relating to the head”, but it still seems a bit tenuous to me.
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