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Save shellfish when temperature is lowered (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S [h] RIMP (shellfish), with the H changed to C (temperature lowered from hot to cold). To spend as little money as possible.
Perhaps runner beside winding road could be animal killer (7)
Oberon has right to replace Puck at last but gets fungal growth (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
FAIRY [k] ING (Oberon, king of the fairies, for example in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream ), with R (abbreviation for right) replacing the K which is the last letter of [puc]K. A circular ring of mushrooms in an area of grass, or a ring of darker or vigorously-growing grass caused by fungi in the soil underneath.
Eccles briefly disorientated in Greek island (5)
Cry about Republican fight (5)
Fancy tea parties outside Bostonian industry end in trouble (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (parties) of TEA , outside LABOR (US, therefore Bostonian, spelling of labour = work = industry), then the end letter of [troubl] E . Of course the Boston Tea Party wasn’t really a party but was definitely trouble.
Rejects James perhaps after overturning snowmobile? (7)
When visiting Camino de Santiago the pilgrim returns as prophet (6)
Dress bishop with new mitre (6)
Animal welfare group appeal for assistance is old hat (7)
Former Prime Minister: I am rubbish at Chinese (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I’M RANK (I am very bad = I am rubbish) + HAN (the ethnic group representing most of the population of China = Chinese). Former Test cricketer, and later Prime Minister of Pakistan 2018-2022.
Hang out with American in part of West Africa (5)
Man claiming European is inferior (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CHAP (slang for man) containing E (abbreviation for European). Cheap as in “a cheap imitation”, with the emphasis on lower quality more than on lower price.
Trick Chicago airport's pilot officer about cloak (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DO (trick, as a verb = deceive) + O’HARE (Chicago’s main international airport) + PO (abbreviation for pilot officer), all reversed (about). Also called opera cloak: a long hooded cloak worn over formal evening clothes.
Gerald Ford's introduction aroused warning signal (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (aroused) of GERALD + first letter (introduction) of F [ord].
Marxist leaders in Ethiopia ensured Mengistu free from blame (6)
Down
Extremely wonderful editor provides temporary place to stay (7)
Regularly break into an Indian side (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Alternate letters (regularly) of [b] R [e] A [k] I [n] T [o] A [n]. Side = short for “side dish” on a menu, in this case yogurt with additions such as cucumber, mint and/or spices.
Ship might sink following drills (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MAY (might = has the option to) + LOWER (sink = move down), with F (abbreviation for following) inserted into it (. . . drills). Sailing ship that took the Pilgrims from England to America.
Businessman runs away from electronic puzzle upset (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (e- = prefix meaning electronic) + TANG [r] AM (a puzzle that involves arranging basic shaped pieces into a larger complex shape), with the R (abbreviation for runs, in cricket scoring) taken away, all reversed (upset = upwards in a down clue).
Speed must empower nurses (5)
Days later supply energetic particles (9)
Pretty soprano replaces tenor? That's more imprudent (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RA [t] HER (pretty, as in “pretty good” = rather good), with S (abbreviation for soprano) replacing T (abbreviation for tenor). More rash = less careful.
Reportedly trade mushrooms for guns (6)
Lead phased out which receives attention (9)
Join in with objective reversing committee's conclusion (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IN , then TARGET (objective) reversed, then the last letter (conclusion) of [committe] E .
Henry Sopel for example included in publication for game (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
H (abbreviation for henry, a unit of electrical inductance) + JON (for example the journalist and broadcaster Jon Sopel), included in MAG (slang abbreviation for magazine = publication). Chinese game: similar to the card game rummy but more complex, and played with tile-shaped pieces rather than cards.
Pureed nut boxed by a customer (6)
Group of defenders bother stuck up celebrity (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MOD (MoD = abbreviation for Ministry of Defence = group of defenders) + RATS (rats! = bother! = a mild expression of annoyance), all reversed (stuck up = upwards in a down clue).
One who longs to eat crab's head or claw (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PINER (someone who pines = longs for something), containing (to eat) the first letter (head) of C [rab].
Single friend wanting love in foreign land (5)
Nothing inserted in bottom moved upwards (5)
Type letters or click words in the clue
