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Fish and Turkey not popular (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TR (ISO 3166 country code for Turkey, now officially the Republic of Türkiye) + OUT (not popular = no longer fashionable).
Have role in what naughty siblings might be forced to do? (4,1,4)
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Children who won’t agree to “play nicely” with each other might be made to PLAY APART (separately).
Man receiving fine follows core characters from Partick Thistle (9)
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HE (that man) containing (receiving) OK (fine, as an adjective = acceptable), after the inner letters from [p] ARTIC [k]. Those who don’t follow Scottish football might like to know that Partick Thistle is the name of a Glasgow football club. Globe artichoke: a vegetable, botanically a variety of thistle.
European, on play's conclusion, creates lament (5)
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E (abbreviation for European) + LEG (on, in cricket terminology = the side of the wicket at which the batter stands) + last letter (conclusion) of [pla] Y . A serious and thoughtful poem, usually (but not always) a lament for the dead.
It might lie on one's head? (4-3,3)
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Cryptic definition. a “pork-pie hat” (one with a flat crown and usually a fairly narrow brim) is worn on the head, and “pork pie” is Cockney rhyming slang for a lie.
Large shed in fashion; it's an eyesore? (4)
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STY [l] E (fashion) with the L dropped (shed, as a verb). A painful swelling on the eyelid caused by a bacterial infection.
Organisms floating on water found in north London station (7)
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N (abbreviation for north) + EUSTON (London railway station). I’d never have guessed the word from the definition alone (or vice versa), but Wikipedia assures me it’s correct (derived from a Greek word for swimming).
Very tender, poop regularly, resulting in tear once? (3-4)
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Alternate letters (regularly) of [v] E [r] Y [t] E [n] D [e] R [p] O [o] P . Shakespearean word (“once” = in the past but probably not now) for a tear, as in a drop falling from the eye. These days it normally means liquid medicine applied to the eye.
Photograph contains every vegetable (7)
Flag-wearing idiot displaying device on organ (7)
Greek character to help with Austria retreating completely (4)
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ABET (to help, especially to help someone do something that they shouldn’t, as in the legal term “aiding and abetting”), with the A (vehical registration code for Austria) moved to the back (retreating completely).
Soldiers criticise American lawyer, a playful individual (5,5)
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GI (American soldier) + ANT (possibly a soldier ant) = two “soldiers”; then PAN (as a verb = criticise harshly) + DA (abbreviation for District Attorney = American lawyer). I’m not sure about the definition. It’s a big bear with teeth, spends most of its time eating, and (as an adult at least) is generally solitary. But I suppose baby ones are considered playful.
Son Hector, losing heart, turns red (5)
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S (abbreviation for son), then HA [r] RY (hector, as a verb = harass) without the middle letter (heart), reversed (. . . turns). A French grape used in wine-making, or the red (short for red wine) made from it.
Ken King, new member of parliament, meets creep (9)
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K (abbreviation for king) + N (abbreviation for new) + OWL (member of parliament; an old crossword joke, from the collective noun “a parliament of owls”) + EDGE (as a verb = creep = move slowly and carefully). As in “beyond my ken” = an old word for knowledge or understanding, particularly in Scottish and Northern English dialects.
Like a paddle steamer is, on reflection: with drops of water by hind part (4-5)
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IS reversed (on reflection) + DEW (drops of water) + HEEL (hind part). Adjective describing a paddle steamboat driven by a pair of wheels, one on each side (rather than by a single wheel at the stern).
These pants can be made into coat (5)
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Anagram (pants = slang for terrible) of THESE . An awkward definition, but I suppose you could talk about a sheet of ice on a road surface in winter = a coat of ice.
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Well-built for cycling in symbolic adornments (9)
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STRAPPING (well-built = tall and muscular) with the first letter “cycling” round to the end.
Swimmer in earthenware factory stripped (5)
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[p] OTTER [y] (a factory or workshop producing earthenware) with the outer letters stripped off. A mammal that swims.
On top of everything, money invested in area of land returned (2,3,2,3)
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CAPITAL (money invested), in LOT (an area of land) reversed (returned).
Perhaps insulin for juvenile delivered (7)
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PRO (for = in favour of), then a homophone (delivered = spoken out loud) of TEEN (short for teenager = juvenile).
To state the duration of life could be mean (7)
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AVER (to state) + AGE (the duration of life). The average of a set of values could be (and usually is) the arithmetic mean, but there are other ways to define it (including the median and the mode).
President Biden essentially retired (4)
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ABE (short for Abraham, and especially for former US President Abraham Lincoln) + middle letter (essentially) of [bi] D [en]. Retired = having gone to bed.
Dicky put eraser in holes (9)
Leaves while in audition (5)
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Homophone (in audition) of TIME (a short while = a short time). Leaves of an aromatic plant used as a herb.
Dead centre of fresh lesion around cut (10)
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Anagram (fresh = renewed) of LESION , around CROP (cut). A large formal burial site with monuments = a centre for the dead.
Led nature rambles without modification (9)
Stop entertaining naked walk becoming accepted (9)
Delight about river becoming stream (7)
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TICKLE (amuse = delight) around R (abbreviation for river). “Stream” to me suggests more and faster-flowing water than “trickle”, but I suppose they’re both small in comparison to a river.
Wrapper from can of unopened fuel (7)
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TIN (can = metal container) + [o] F without the opening letter + OIL (fuel). Thin metal foil for wrapping food; formerly tin, now generally aluminium, but still often called tinfoil.
Analysis about revolutionary hosting platform (5)
Reminder: head of night shift is starting late (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
First letter (head) of N [ight], then [b] UDGE (shift, as a verb = move) without the first letter (starting late).
Sweet Caroline's introduction cut (4)
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First letter (introduction) of C [aroline], then HEW (to cut, especially to cut wood with an axe). A piece of confectionery that doesn’t dissolve easily in the mouth and can be chewed for a long time.
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