Across
In charge of manifest briefly (4)
Time to question staff about flipping tough boss (10)
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A charade of T, ASK, MAST and RE reversed.
‘Banks of tomorrow’ impress Treasury? Not true (6)
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The outside letters of the third, fourth and fifth words of the clue, and a very stretchy definition, in my view. And I don’t really see the point of the inverted commas.
High-speed hand-walking contest is a very dangerous competition (8)
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A cd cum dd.
Dependent on drugs did cadet collapse? (8)
This shows pressure is zero impediment (6)
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A charade of IS, O and BAR.
There are three in there four in that one and six in my pocket (10)
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Well, that’s exactly the number of consonants in each of those words or phrases.
Fellow worried about cheese (4)
Fourth in Nicolas Cage’s golf tournament (4)
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A charade of O for the fourth letter of ‘Nicolas’ and PEN.
Old footballer’s right to devour fashion mag and Bridget Jones’s Diary ? (10)
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An insertion of ELLE for the magazine in [George] BESTS and R. A slightly bizarre combination of items, but a chance to remind everyone that Helen Fielding’s bestseller, and the subsequent movies, were originally a column in the Independent .
Co-operation in Parkrun is one-sided (6)
Spooner’s instruction to amphibious car driver to take a break and check the vehicle (8)
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A Spoonerism of TOAD REST, referring to the Toad in Toad of Toad Hall.
City endlessly pay tribute to American/Scottish singer (8)
Put your foot down in second and first (6)
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A charade of IN, S and IST.
Decaf lefty stirred in an unnatural way (10)
Cycling brand to make listening devices (4)
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SEAR, with the first letter moved to the end (‘cycling’).
Down
Swear there’s nothing in car (3)
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An insertion of O in VW. The insertion indicator is ‘there’s … in’.
He stepped down as 25 turned up - ciao! (5)
Take a chance or rather don’t when clothes shopping (7)
Ollie’s partner almost finished composing rude song “stay firm” (15)
Autobiographical book from Bard in English and French: Raconteurs en vacance ? (7)
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A charade of ME and MOI (the self-referential ‘Bard’ in English and French) and R[ACONTEUR]S. The title could translate (in AmEng at least) as ‘Storytellers on vacation’; but if you’re going to fiddle about including foreign languages, then you need to make sure it’s correct, which this isn’t. It’s en vacance s .
Miserable soul broken by clergyman - that hurts frightfully at first (9)
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An insertion of RR, OW and F for the initial letter of ‘frightfully’ in SOUL. The insertion indicator is ‘broken by’.
Speller considered ‘nefarious’ - “N … repeat the word? Right … ends with S” (11)
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This wouldn’t win any competition for elegant cluing, I fancy. A charade of EN for N, CHANT, R and ESS for S.
Dwindling workplace doing this to make something cool (11)
Soft rock from 5? (9)
Forbid one to leave peaceful meal (7)
Unlikely to 5 thus unexpectedly hails King Henry’s rearguard (7)
Take a spoonful to eat primarily (5)
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The initial letters of the first five words of the clue, and a cad.
Teacher is tripping over end of ruler (3)
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A reversal of IS followed by R for the final letter of ‘ruler’.
Type letters or click words in the clue