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5d
(and 5 Down) Liverpool, that place down south (3,4)
Analysts care about being introduced to students not having a first (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
*(care) [anag: about ] being introduced to (f) RESHERS ("students", not having a first (letter))
Initially shoots rifle, recoiling a bit (5)
It's hell, or what might get you there (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Double definition
7d
(and 7 Down) A hybrid model or SEAT with electric lead (3,4)
They produce oil to go over muscle (4)
By installing CIA predecessor becomes authoritarian (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BY installing OSS (Office of Strategic Services, a "predecessor" of the "CIA")
Bird, initially at height, dropping back, floating on air (4-1-4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
COCK ("bird") + [ initially ] A (t) H (eight) + <=POO ("dropping", back )
Loose cannons lack enforcement to some extent (7)
Brown paper's boring! You can multiply that by 200 for starters (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
V(ANILLA) ("boring") with its starter (V, or 5) multiplied by 200 becomes M(ANILLA)
Adjust nothing, not a thing, in French gallery (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O (nothing) + RIEN ("not a thing in French") + TATE (Gallery)
Tough guy, one on the edge (2-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AN ("one") on HEM ("edge")
Long yarn to droop down and across (4)
Miranda drops off chaps in motor (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CAR (men) (Miranda) drops off MEN ("chaps") For the benefit of the younger generation, Carmen Miranda was a Brazilian singer and actress of the 1940s, famous for wearing extravagant headgear.
Keep or throw away French article (6)
Come up with the third person to be inside the second (5)
Dick will do it to get going around half five (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
INSTIGATE ("to get going") around [ half ] (fi) VE
A tip for writing note about setter (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NB (nota bene, so "note") about I ("setter")
Down
President Trump's got his head up rear end, ... (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T (rump) [has his head] + AFT ("rear end"] William Howard Taft was the 29th President of the US (from 1909 to 1913)
... eighth rank and as crooked as they are critical (5-7)
Not even real! Totally sounding dodgy (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ not even ] R (e) A (l) T (o) T (a) L (l) Y
Starters for England and Manchester United, they were on hand for Hull (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ starters for ] E (ngland) and M (anchester) U (nited) Emu was a hand puppet operated by Rod Hull, particluarly prominent on British TV in the 1970s and 1980s.
See 1 Across
That lady's love and the love of a legendarily tragic swimmer (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HER ("that lady's") + O ("love", in tennis) Refers to the lover of Leander, who in Greek myth, who swam over the Hellespont every night to be with her.
See 10 Across
Citizen Kane writer's marriage announced from northern city (9)
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Homophone/pun/aural wordplay [ announced ] of MANK UNION ("Citizen Kane writer's marriage") The screenplay of Citizen Kane was written by Orson Wells and Herman J Mankiewicz (aka Mank), played by Gary Oldman in a 2020 movie called Mank .
Moral panic to run amok for crying out loud (12)
28d
(and 28 Down) Win a BBC tape edited to show Channel swimmer (7,4)
Online business with €2m in force (1-8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (euros) + MM (2m) in COERCE ("force")
Mr Aykroyd's hugging with lady to start (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
DAN (Aykroyd) hugging W (with)
Madge and Harold see clergy, ... (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
(Marge and Harold) BISHOP were characters in the Australian soap, Neighbours.
... they're on board with this man not wanting a mate (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
In chess, a KING would not want to be mated and would be "on a board" with BISHOPS, hence the ellipsis.
Poet from Derby perhaps removing central triplet (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HOR (ser) ACE ("Derby, perhaps") removing central triplet (of letters) Horace was a Roman poet of the first century BC.
The Feds need to change their leader for one, agreed? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
G-MEN (slang for FBI agents, "the Feds") need to change their leader for A ("one") to become A-MEN
Account concerning land (4)
Hey! By the way ... by the way ... (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PS (post script, so "by the way") by St. (street, so "way")
See 13 Down
Tip a quantity of liquid for short one in jug (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
[ tip ] <=Gal. (Gallon, "a quantity of liquid, for short"), the jug in question being prison.
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