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(and 9 Across) Nuns left fringe group from America (6,6)
Framework left in 17 not for turning (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (left) contained in (in) SEKE (the entry at 17 across is EKES OUT which can be read as a clue for SKEE – anagram of ( OUT ) EKES ) + NOT reversed (for turning)
See 1 Across
Hill runner from Togo bang out of order (8)
Switzerland with weak defence? Hardly! (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CH (Confederatio Helvetica; International Vehicle Registration for Switzerland) contained in (with … defence) PUNY (weak)
Author Saul dumping wife; acquiring old road house of ill-repute (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BELLO W (reference Saul BELLOW [1915 – 2005], American author) excluding (dumping) W (wife – Bellow was divorced 4 times) containing (acquiring) ( O [old] + RD [road])
Bearers every now and again lose their bearings (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ERR ( letters 2, 4 and 6 [every now and again) of B E A R E R S
Universal search programs catching American naval vessels (1-5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
U (universal) + ( BOTS [autonomous search programs that trawl the internet looking for information] containing (catching) A [American])
Carefully gets by Speke - so utterly captivating (4,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EKES OUT ( hidden word in [captivating] SP EKE SO UT TERLY)
Note old archdeacon, leader of Anglican prayers (6)
Curtsy old, much-loved King welcomes (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BB (reference B . B . King [1925 – 2015], American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer) containing (welcomes) O (old)
Spooner's dog unwell, sloping off (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reverend Spooner might have pronounced DOWNHILL as HOUND [dog] ILL [unwell]
Santa's known for his timeless cunning (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SLEIGH T (cunning) excluding (less] T (time)
Forget for now temperature in coastal area (3,5)
Fifty-fifty odds at the start still (4,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EVENS (fifty-fifty) + O ( first letter of [at the start] O DDS )
Mountaineer of the first order getting leg trapped (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A-LIST (descriptive of people of the first order) containing (getting … trapped) PIN (leg)
Backsliding morals having a change of sides in the event (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MO R ALS reversed (backsliding) with the R [right] replaced by L [left] [having a change of sides]) to form SLA L OM
Down
He had a lifetime of rock and roll! (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SISYPHUS – ‘he had a lifetime of rock and roll’ is a cryptic definition of Sisyphus’s life after the Gods punished him.
Poor Ben Stokes drops a South African (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of (poor) BEN STOKE S excluding (drops) either [a] of the S s [South) – Ben Stokes is the current England cricket captain and has taken a lot of flak for the recent team performance in Pakistan.
Protein-rich food for one struggling with weight? (3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EG (for example; for one) + an anagram of (struggling with) WEIGHT
Luxury car transporting Yoko under a kilometre for money (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
K (kilometre) + ( RR [Rolls Royce; luxury car] containing [transporting] ONO [reference Yoko ONO [born 1933], Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist, widow of John Lennon) This being a down entry RONOR is placed under the K
Insurer denying cover for expensive wheels daughter fitted (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D (daughter) contained in (fitted) A LLOYS (reference ALLOY wheels made of a steel alloy, usually of aluminium or magnesium, for improved properties such as reduced weight, better heat conductance and a shiny appearance; expensive wheels) excluding (denying) the first letter (cover) A
Mac button to switch between apps? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TOGGLE (to switch between applications on a computing device) double definition
Last of Malaysian rubber Charlie exported - he won't pay much tax (3-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
N ( final letter of [last of] MALAYSIA N ) + C ONDOM (rubber) excluding (exported) C (cocaine; Charlie)
Berlin regularly turning over loads...quite a big city! (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BRI ( letters 1, 3 and 5 [regularly] of B E R L I N) + LOTS (loads of) reversed (turning over)
16d
(and 16 Down) Film about sport that could use a lift? (3,3)
See 15 Down
Prime telly featuring pole dancing English student (3-5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( TV [television; telly] containing [featuring] an anagram of [dancing] POLE ) + E (English) + L (learner; student)
Local Iron Age development on lake (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of (development) IRON AGE + L (lake)
Georgian city chamber in which an American goes? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BATH (a Georgian city in England) + ROOM (a chamber)
Thrown up, passed out, necking port (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ODESSA ( reversed [thrown up; down entry] hidden word in [necking] P ASSED O UT)
Trade union participating in exchange study (4,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TU (trade union) contained in (participating in) SWOP / SWAP (exchange)
Picked stockings - cold November outside (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( C [cold] + N [November is the international radio communication codeword for the letter N ]) containing (outside) HOSE (stockings)
British boy starts to engrave steel swords (6)
Type letters or click words in the clue