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1D/30 covered my flight and one limo stateside (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I (one in Roman numerals) + CAR (limo = short for limousine = a type of car) + US (abbreviation for United States = stateside). Reference to 1d/30a; the band Iron Maiden recorded a song called Flight of Icarus .
Like much ground hamburger, principally kosher (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (principally) of H [amburger] + ALLOWED (kosher). I think the definition is as in “hallowed ground”, but I’m not convinced by it. Surely only a small proportion of ground (not much of it) is hallowed? Otherwise it wouldn’t be special.
Bunch of old-fashioned geezers apt to lose it (2,4)
Where good may be found in the darkest hour? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Reverse wordplay: G (abbreviation for good) is the middle letter of [ni]G[ht], so MID NIGHT .
Skyscraper could be feet lower if reworked (6,5)
Monster hit featuring Smith's lead (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BEAT (hit), containing (featuring) the leading letter of S [mith].
Person contacted to clothe Eddie's outside behind trailer (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DRESS (as a verb = to clothe) + outer letters of E [ddi] E , after (behind) AD (abbreviation for advertisement; trailer = a short film advertising a longer one, or the television equivalent). The person to whom a letter, package or electronic message is sent.
Current AI adds smarter processing (9)
Unresponsive Milan side tense into the finish (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
INTER (abbreviation for the Milan football side officially named Football Club Internazionale Milano ), with the T (abbreviation for tense) moved to the end (into the finish).
Fear Of The Dark band's first hit on a copy for broadcast (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (for broadcast = to be scattered) of the first letter of B [and] + HIT ON A COPY .
Place crushed by King Kong? (3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PL (abbreviation for place, used in streetmaps) contained in (crushed by) BIG APE (King Kong: a definition by example, indicated by the question mark). Clue-as-definition (&lit): in all three versions of the film King Kong , the big ape is taken to New York (nicknamed the Big Apple) and then wrecks the place.
Crack work from Dickinson after cold month (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ODE (work from Dickinson: I assume Mog means the US poet Emily Dickinson, though I don’t know if she called any of her work an “ode”) after DEC (abbreviation for December, which is a cold month if you’re in the Northern Hemisphere). Crack = decode = to solve a cypher or a puzzle.
Joy about metal starting late growth offshore (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GLEE (joy) reversed (about), then [b] RASS (a metal) without its first letter (starting late). Otherwise known as Zostera : a genus of marine grasses, which grow offshore. No, I didn’t know that, but Wikipedia did.
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(and 30 Across) Press gets mean over rockers from Leyton (4,6)
Cards or flyers (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition. Playing cards with a face value of 1; or wartime pilots who have proved their ability at bringing down enemy aircraft.
Peacekeepers gauge units oddly delivered ointment (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
UN (abbreviation for United Nations = organisation created to maintain international peace and security = peacekeepers), then odd-numbered letters of G [a] U [g] E [u] N [i] T [s].
A culture paper covering independent cartoons (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A + NME (abbreviation for New Musical Express = music and culture newspaper), containing I (abbreviation for independent). Animated cartoons from Japan.
Light bag stashed in string instrument (7)
Hair removable with Instagram (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
W (abbreviation for with) + IG (I don’t use Instagram but I can believe this might be an abbreviation for it).
Cleaners put off by little boy's room (10)
Pyrotechnic style on record (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Homophone (on record = in a sound recording of speech) of FLAIR (style).
Talk's provider seemed primarily useless (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TED (abbreviation of Technology, Entertainment, Design = an organisation that provides recordings of conference talks), with WAS (seemed?) at the front (primarily). I’m not sure why we’re expected to equate “was” and “seemed”; surely the point of the verb “seem” is that appearances can’t always be trusted. Wasted = unnecessary = useless.
Beat Albion on the pitch? It's within reach! (10)
Loud McBrain sheds layer playing material (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
F (f, in musical notation = abbreviation for Italian forte = loud), then an anagram (playing) of [m] CBRAI [n] without the outer letters (shedding a layer).
Protest over bass split up the band (5)
1D/30 character reflected on unfortunate time (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RE (on = on the subject of) + POOR (unfortunate) + T (abbreviation for time), all reversed (reflected). Reference to 1d/30a; the band Iron Maiden recorded a song called The Trooper .
Iconic beach beer I agree to raise (7)
Harris gutted about bad parts in 1D/30 song (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
H [arri] S (gutted = inner letters removed), around ILL (bad). Reference to 1d/30a; the band Iron Maiden recorded a song called Run to the Hills .
Flashy playing won Murray admirers in seconds (4)
Intense piercing (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I think this is intended as a double definition, but Chambers has the two words as variants of the same meaning rather than independent meanings. Earnest or determined; or descriptive of a sharp high-pitched sound.
Gers quitting halfway through long set (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GE [rs] without the second half of the letters, then L (abbreviation for long). Gel, as a verb = set = change from a liquid into a jelly.
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