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Mean shade one must overlook (10)
Small device for recording fiddle (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Small device for recording fiddle S (=small, in sizes) + CAM (=device for recording, i.e. camera)
Getting on with church then one pint (7)
Ample smear coats painter (7)
Conservative grey hairdo finally shaven flat this heralds cooler times (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Conservative grey hairdo finally shaven flat, this heralds cooler times C (=Conservative) + OLD (=grey) + ˈFRO (=hairdo, i.e. afro) + <shave> N <fla> T (“finally” means last letters only)
Watch bit of [EastEnders Red Dwarf] after (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Watch bit of Eastenders after Red Dwarf? STAR (=red dwarf, in astronomy) + E <astenders> (“bit of” means first letter only)
Bush Senior (5)
Scrap divorcee joke perhaps after pushback? (7)
Great player most are awful (7)
Direct source of meat (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Direct // source of meat Double definition: to steer is to direct, guide AND a steer is a young ox, hence “source of meat”
Throw bat in table-tennis when losing lead (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Throw bat in table-tennis when losing head <p> ADDLE (=bat in table-tennis; “when losing head” means first letter is dropped); to addle is to confuse, muddle
Wolves are top here and Ohio FC struggles (9)
Plug fitting over another's end (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Plug fitting over another’s end AD (=plug, i.e. advert) + APT (=fitting, appropriate) + O (=over, in cricket scorecard) + <another> R (“end” means last letter only); & lit.
Ancient vehicle lad almost brought to rave (7)
Agreed noodle dish blows away the starter (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Agreed noodle dish blows away the starter <r> AMEN (=noodle dish; “blows away the starter” means first letter is dropped); people say “amen” or “agreed” to indicate that they share the views just expressed by the speaker
Oh no trustees being sued regularly given judgment (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Oh no, trustees being sued regularly given judgment <o> H <n> O <t> R <u> S <t> E <e> S <b> E <i> N <g> S <u> E <d>; “regularly” means alternate letters only are used
Down
Special salad spinner (8)
Cream ran out of it (7)
Support restriction on tough setter? (13)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Support restriction on tough setter? Cryptically, a restriction on tough setter (=setting agent) could be described as a “rein for cement”!!
International footballer last in coconut shy (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
International footballer last in coconut shy INT (=international) + ROVER (=footballer, as in Blackburn Rovers) + <coconu> T (“last in” means last letter only)
Heading off row allowed youth in parliament (5)
My expert arrangement for the wedding party (7)
Bass-drinking fellow beginning to crave wine (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Bass-drinking fellow beginning to crave wine [B (=bass, in music) in MALE (=fellow)] + C <rave> (“beginning to” means first letter only); Malbec is a French red wine
Basic seats on vacation unless flying this? (13)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Basic seats on vacation unless flying this ? *(BASIC S <eat> S UNLESS); “on vacation” means middle letters are dropped from anagram, indicated by “flying”; semi- & lit.
Trunk for higher-up coming around Channel Islands (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Trunk for higher-up coming around Channel Islands PRO (=for, in favour of) + [CI (=Channel Islands) in BOSS (=higher-up, one in senior position)]; a proboscis is a trunk or long snout
Dark web gets savage on the fringes (8)
Consider leaving time to go between parties? (7)
The best story about getting high? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
The best story about getting high? NO 1 (=the best) + TALE (=story); “about” indicates reversal
What's above Americans? Roughly nothing (6)
Sacrifice of calf or goat (5)
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