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Bridge that moves about quietly close to Soho (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CA (abbreviation for Latin circa = about = approximately) + P (p, in musical notation = abbreviation for Italian piano = quietly) + last letter (close) of [soh] O . Short for Italian capotasto : a movable device that can be attached across the neck of a guitar in different positions, to change the pitch of all the strings at once. It’s not the same as the “bridge” of a guitar, which supports the strings, but it spans the gaps between the strings like a bridge.
Grain store left overturned on outskirts of Maine's largest city (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SILO (grain store) + PORT (left, in nautical terminology), all reversed (overturned), after the outer letters (outskirts) of M [ain] E . A large city, considered to be a significant economic or political centre in its region.
Fan of Greek character tense (3)
Custom dress for monk (5)
Agile monkey hides fruit (5)
Old King Cole's head removed from dock by that woman (5)
Tell off a sexy man eating instant noodles primarily (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A DISH (slang for an attractive man), containing (eating) MO (slang abbreviation for moment = an instant) + first letter (primarily) of N [oodles]. Tell off = admonish = to reprimand someone for their actions.
Name the ground that is the target of fracking proposals (7)
Victim called for help (7)
Extremely handsome prat passes on bungs (7)
Hairy individual crazy to entertain forlorn hope (7)
Naughty child is playing around front of Ranby jail (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IMP (naughty child) + IS ON (is part of the team currently in action on a sports field = is playing), around the front letter of R [anby]. The surface refers to HM Prison Ranby in Nottinghamshire. Jail, as a verb = imprison.
Herb Alpert at last extremely happy to meet me (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Last letter of [alper] T + end letters (extremes) of H [app] Y + ME .
A mostly flat part of chair frame (5)
Enthusiastic about women by one's side (5)
An attempt to get past (3)
Ogler trips up model (10)
Obsessive and uninspiring bishop dismissed (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[b] ANAL (boring and predictable = uninspiring) without B (abbreviation for bishop). Term originally from Freudian psychology (with a rather unpleasant definition), but now generally used as a disparaging term for someone who cares a lot about details.
Down
Conservative friend claiming result is perfect (10)
Beginning to practise long throw (5)
Receive award from king for cycling competition (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MBE (abbreviation for Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire = an award from the King), with the letters “cycling” so the E moves to the start, then RACE (competition). Receive = embrace = to welcome something or someone gladly.
Again measures duration on paper (7)
Artificial leg picked up universal criticism (5)
Rock found in Liverpool station on front of engine (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LIME ST (ST = abbreviation for street; Liverpool Lime Street is the city’s main central railway station) + ON + first letter (front) of E [ngine].
Start of shoreline with beach (4)
Want photograph with mature nurses destroyed essentially (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SHOT (a photograph) + AGE (mature, as a verb = get older), containing (nursing) the middle letter (essentially) of [dest] R [oyed]. As in “for want of food” = because of a shortage of it.
s i p (10)
Dirt makes unusual lines at high water point (9)
A cop went rogue to get port (8)
Hard to leave classic heist film analysis (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T [h] E STING (1973 classic heist film), without the H (abbreviation for hard, as in 2H pencils).
Keep tabs on fool entering uncultivated expanse (7)
Variety of fruit peeled (5)
Yen to take home yen (5)
Fish and chips are rather pricey at first (4)
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