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Fruit trees over the hills? (7)
Lunar vehicle on Sun? Dodgy things here (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LEM (abbreviation for Lunar Excursion Module = original name of the vehicle used in the Apollo moon landings) + ON + S (Sun = abbreviation for Sunday). Lemon = slang for something that doesn’t work as well as it should = a dodgy thing.
Largely put off about temperature in Nile region (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DELA [y] (put off = postpone) without the last letter (largely), around T (abbreviation for temperature). Nile Delta: the triangular region of agricultural land where the River Nile flows into the Mediterranean.
Banishment sees major part of bigotry abandoned by millions (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[m] OST (major part of) + RACISM (a form of bigotry), without the initial M (abbreviation for millions).
What’s observed after fool produces organic compound (7)
Three Rs so revitalised after the writer’s backing copies (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (revitalised) of R R R (three Rs) + SO , after I’M (I am = the writer is) reversed (backing). Copy, as a verb = mirror = appear similar to.
Odd cut of meat with last slice removed (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RUM [p] (a cut of meat, as in rump steak) without the last letter (slice).
Travelling detectives about to return, pursuing French name (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CID (abbreviation for Criminal Investigation Department = detectives) + A (I’m not sure in what context “a” is used to mean “about”, but it’s in Chambers), all reversed (to return), after NOM (French for “name”).
‘Close’, ‘termination’ and finally - this? (3)
500: a great many pictures? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D (Roman numeral for 500) + OODLES (slang for an unspecified large number = a great many). Doodle = a scribbled sketch, especially one drawn in boredom.
Stone oven is out of the common run (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ST (abbreviation for stone = imperial measure of weight equal to 14 pounds) + RANGE (a large kitchen cooker, though the term usually suggests a hob as well as an oven).
Fragrant species, say: a way forward when money’s invested (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
EG (abbreviation for Latin exempli gratia = for example = say) + LANE (way forward, as in a motorway lane), with TIN (slang for money) inserted (invested). Also known as sweet briar: a variety of rose.
Choral piece swamped by remote tom-toms, on recall (5)
Was interrogating curtailed for the screen? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GRILLE [d] (grill, as a verb = slang for interrogate) without the last letter (curtailed). Grille = a protective metal screen with holes to allow air through.
Snap activity with steer’s tail for bullfighter (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PIC (short for picture = snap = photograph) + ADO (activity or fuss, as in “much ado about nothing”) + last letter (tail) of [stee] R .
Down
Director brought in one Bond girl in action in capital location (6,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (in action) of ONE BOND GIRL , with D (abbreviation for director) inserted (brought in). A location in the UK capital.
Everybody oppressed by hot room (4)
Pair of Americans raring to go off about the country (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (to go off) of A A (a pair of A = abbreviation for American) + RARING . Relating to rural or agricultural matters.
A painful point about hospital that’s stranded? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A + SORE (as a noun = a painful infected area on the body), around H (abbreviation for hospital). Stranded = descriptive of something stuck on the beach that should be in the water.
I’m newspaperman penning lines and reflection of it being inopportune (3-5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I’M + ED (abbreviation for editor = newspaper manager), containing (penning) L L (two L = abbreviation for line) + IT reversed (reflection of . . .).
Spoil appearance of a little devil? (6)
One suggestion on lines on a name from the other side of the world (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AN (a form of the indefinite article = one) + TIP (suggestion = a piece of advice) + ODE (a poem = lines) + A + N (abbreviation for name).
Date men get infected with virus - that’s bad luck (12)
Cat loves bits of ling and eel, tucking into small fish, larking about (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TOM (a male cat), then O O (two O = zero = love, in tennis scoring) + first letters (bits) of L [ing] + E [el] inserted into FRY (small young fish).
Composer, European, as is possibly accepted by fellows (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (abbreviation for European) + anagram (possibly) of AS IS , contained in (accepted by) MEN (fellows). Olivier Messiaen, 20th-century French composer and organist. After getting the first couple of crossers, I tried and discarded both Mascagni and Massenet before eventually finding him.
Clotted cream is found around Cornwall’s foremost pottery (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (clotted, appropriately enough) of CREAM IS , around the first (foremost) letter of C [ornwall].
Solitary lecturer covering Fenland city (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (abbreviation for lecturer) + ON (covering) + ELY (city in the Fenland = low-lying former marshland in eastern England).
Plain, but with incremental stages? Not entirely (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
STEPPE [d] (with incremental stages) without the last letter (not entirely). Steppe = plain = large area of flat grassy land without trees.
Trend bound to be picked up by radio (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Homophone (to be picked up by radio = heard, although I think either “picked up” or “by radio” would be enough) of TIED (bound). As in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar : “There is a tide in the affairs of men . . .” = a general direction at a particular time.
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