Across
Workers accepting hard taskmaster's initial request (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(Bees(=worker bees) around h{ard}) + t[askmaster]
German rogue asks how to get birds! (8)
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G{erman} + (asks how)*
Book flight (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DD referring to the Biblical book
Set out scheme in document (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Ploy(=scheme) in deed(=document)
Yellow rope encircling wide area by empty lay-by (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(Cord around w{ide} a{rea}) + l[ay b]y
Airline lying about lounge being on fire (6)
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BA<(=British Airways) + laze(=lounge)
Heroines oddly overlooked for long periods (4)
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Even letters (odd letters overlooked) of h e r o i n e s
Resolute, revolutionary fanatics besieging a church (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(Nuts< around a) + ch{urch}
Pit worker against absolute goddess (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Miner(=pit worker) + v(=against,versus) + a{bsolute}
Setter adopted by average couple (4)
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I(=the setter) in par(=average in golf)
Turn on extremely neglected fairground ride (6)
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[C]arouse[l]
Compulsive clenching of fists? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DD
Mysterious male trapped in perverse union with American (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(M{ale} in union*) + US(=American)
Company taking on graduates exposed in newspaper piece (6)
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Co{mpany} + [a]lumn[i]
Plant an English explorer found on Malta (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
M{alta} on an Drake(=English explorer)
Ceremonial garments pinched duchess's rear (6)
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Stole(=pinched) + [duches]s
Down
Trees around river providing places to load barrels (8)
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Beeches(=Beech trees) around r{iver}. The def refers to breech-loading rifles.
Sucker punch clinches essentially humdrum victory (8)
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Hook(=a punch in boxing) around ([hum]d[rum] win)
Tip of Sioux Indian's dart (6)
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S[ioux] + curry(=Indian meal)
Frank is taken aback by online post (4)
Restrain impudent journalist for Spooner (4,4)
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Spoonerism of “bold hack”
Welsh army heartlessly set ambush (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
W{elsh} + a[rm]y + lay(=set e.g. set/lay a trap)
Unexpected sound regularly upset Homer's neighbour (6)
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Odd letters of s o u n d + Ned<, referring to the character Ned Flanders from The Simpsons.
Comparatively drab fawn (7)
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DD (fawn in the sense of fawning over something)
Squire worried about lover's heart tremors (7)
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Squire* around [lo]v[er]
Detective left clairvoyant nursing national beer (8)
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PI(=private investigator) + l{eft} + (seer(=clairvoyant) around n{ational})
Henry maintains somewhat upper-class routine (8)
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Hal(=familiar form of Henry) around (a bit U(=upper class in U/Non-U sense))
Desperados holding area of ship and last of supplies (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Brig(=area of ship) + and + [supplie]s
On motorway, football team consumes gallon bottle (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(Man U(=football team) around g{allon}) on m{otorway}
Narrow focus of animal sanctuary - mostly mustelidae (4,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Zoo(=animal sanctuary) + min[k]
Develop dilapidated US port (6)
Oriental vessel graces Cajun kitchen (4)
Type letters or click words in the clue
