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Places to go and feel bad about America allowing free movement of paperwork? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LOOS (places to go = to urinate) + anagram (bad) of FEEL , around A (abbreviation for America).
Put down lines quite rejecting it at first (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L L (L = abbreviation for line, so LL = lines), preceded by (at first) QU [it] E without IT.
French coast is setting for new story from France (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
COTE (côte = French word for coast), containing (setting for . . .) N (abbreviation for new). French-derived word for a story: it may mean a short story, folk tale, fairy tale or something similar.
Islander’s home protected by some munition (9)
Had effect around hard marine rock again and again? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TOLD (had an effect, usually an undesirable one), around H (abbreviation for hard) + REEF (a line of rocks just showing above the surface of the sea = marine rock). The definition seems slightly loose: threefold = triple, but in the sense of quantity or multiple parts rather than repetition.
Bad lie mostly broadcast without forethought (5)
Witch’s trick eliminating Knight (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I think this is HA [n] G (trick, as in “get the hang of it” = learn the trick of how to do it), without the N (knight in chess notation). Unless anyone has a better idea?
Employee prepared to accommodate right vehicle (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SET (as in “all set” = prepared = ready), containing R (abbreviation for right) + VAN (vehicle).
Agreed terms in very strange business (3)
Choice of clothes perhaps Northern in fashion (5)
Prison Board offering something for those flying the coop? (9)
Small point linked to best performer’s nominated victim (9)
Settle some time to be invaded by soldiers (5)
Turned up over small part in film? (5)
One offering choice words misrepresented large nose (9)
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Bird leaflet containing concealed problem (10)
Control part of soccer pitch (6)
Photographer’s problem regarding colour requiring electronic input (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RE (regarding) + DYE (colour), with E (prefix meaning electronic) put in. A fault on photographs, caused by light from a flashgun reflecting from inside the subject’s eyes.
Margaret carrying one black French item for the boudoir (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PEG (short form of the name Margaret) containing I (one in Roman numerals), then NOIR (French for black). A woman’s lightweight dressing-gown.
Upset originating from daughter going round marsh (6)
Swimmer with gold clothed by a fashion designer (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AU (Au = chemical symbol for gold, from Latin aurum ), contained in (clothed by) A + QUANT (fashion designer Mary Quant).
I join in pursuit of information with good humour (8)
Stick getting a bit of tension out of muscle (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GLU [t] E (abbreviation for gluteus = buttock muscle), without T which is the first letter (a bit) of T[ension]. Stick, as a verb = glue = to fix using adhesive.
Hunting dog mostly misjudged in island capital (10)
Crooked German covering Germany meeting English policeman from elsewhere (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (crooked) of GERMAN , containing D (abbreviation for Deutschland = Germany), then E (abbreviation for English). A French policeman.
Australian abandoning cause to reveal framework (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S [a] KE (cause, as in “for my sake” = because of me) without A (abbreviation for Australian), then LET ON (slang for reveal).
Bubbling’s dodgy in aortae (8)
Pass time in bookshop adding energy to book arguments (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (abbreviation for energy), after B (abbreviation for book) + ROWS (arguments). Browse = to look at goods in a shop, especially a bookshop, without necessarily intending to buy something.
Label put around each botanist’s initial collection of leaves (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TAG (label), around EA (abbreviation for each) + initial letter of B [otanist].
Tavern with relative amount of beer (6)
Hard to avoid surprise blow (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S [h] OCK (surprise), without H (abbreviation for hard, as in 2H pencils). Slang for a punch with the fist = blow.
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