Across
Sports car's ignition key - taking just seconds to make contact (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Sports car’s ignition key – taking just seconds to make contact <s> P <orts> <c> A <r’s> <i> G <nition> <k> E <y>; “taking just seconds” means second letter of each word only is used; you can make contact with e.g. a doctor by paging them
Bad effect that follows dessert wine? (10)
G Oliver Twist r (5)
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Group screening finale from Oliver Twist <olive> R (“finale from” means last letter only) in WING (=group, within a party, say)
Rich businessmen left in fancy cigar shop after power cut (9)
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Rich businessmen left in fancy cigar shop after power cut L (=left) in *(CIGAR SHO <p>); “after power (=P, in physics) cut” means letter “p” is dropped from the anagram, indicated by “fancy”
Close some open doors (3)
Suggests good judgement is overturned (6)
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Suggests good judgement is overturned G (=good) + ETSAT (TASTE=judgement, discernment; “is overturned” indicates reversal)
Book – last of all you order on Kindle (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Book – last of all you order on Kindle B (=book) + <yo> U <orde> R <o> N ; “last of all” means last letter of each word is used
Futility of keeping poor proles in suspense somehow shown at the outset (15)
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Futility of keeping poor proles in suspense somehow shown at the outset [*(PROLES) in *(SUSPENSE)] + S <hown> (“at the outset” means first letter only); “poor” and “somehow” are both anagram indicators
Square character keeping something barbershop needs (15)
Team expressed exasperation on the radio (4)
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Team expressed exasperation on the radio Homophone (“on the radio”) of “sighed (=expressed exasperation)”
Gold standard protects one foreign worker (6)
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Gold standard protects one foreign worker I (=one) in [AU (=gold, i.e. chemical symbol) + PAR (=standard)]
Remove clothes for wild time (3)
Initially almost no papers in agreement on quality of Starmer's speech (9)
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Initially almost no papers in agreement on quality of Starmer’s speech A <lmost> (“initially” means first letter only) + {[NO + ID (=papers, i.e. to prove identity)] in DEAL (=agreement)]}
Perhaps pen and ink missing in display (5)
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Perhaps pen and ink missing in display SWAN (=perhaps pen, i.e. female swan) + <in> K (“missing in ” means letters “in” are missing); to swank is to display one’s wealth, knowledge, etc, to show off
Sales rep met sidekick about suppressing ailments (10)
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Sales rep met sidekick about suppressing ailments Reversed (“about”) and hidden (“suppressing”) in “sale S REP MET SID ekick”
Don Warrington's biggest character gets attention (4)
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Don Warrington’s biggest character gets attention W <Arrington> (“biggest character” means capital letter) + EAR (=attention, as in to have someone’s ear )
Down
Means to apply make-up we drop off before drag show's opening (11)
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Means to apply make-up we drop off before drag show’s opening *(WE DROP) + PUFF (=drag, on cigarette) + S <how> (“opening” means first letter only); “off” is anagram indicator
Wide smile for starters - dentist examines rotten molar (7)
Clue to give them for starting with nothing (15)
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Clue to give them for starting with nothing “from the ground up” could be a cryptic clue for “ them for ”, since it is an anagram (“ground up”) of it!
Actress in theory lit a blaze in resort (15)
4 friends making buffet (4)
Check 1 Across say contains definition originally – firm up opening (7)
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Check 1 Across, say contains definition originally – firm up opening OC (CO=firm, i.e. company; “up” indicates vertical reversal) + [ D <efinition> (“originally” means first letter only) in CLUE (=1 Across, say)]; to occlude is to halt, arrest, hence “check”, in Chambers Thesaurus
Greek island cocking a snook regularly (3)
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Greek island cocking a snook regularly <a> S <n> O <o> K ; “regularly” means alternate letters only are used; “cocking”, i.e. setting upright, indicates vertical reversal
Cohort of 23 mature women ignored? (8)
Busybody attorney perks up after case of theft dropped (11)
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Busybody attorney perks up after case of theft dropped *( A <tt> ORNEY PERKS); “after case (=first and last letters) of t hef t dropped” means letter “tt” are dropped from anagram, indicated by “up”
Dawn making new props occasionally – wow (8)
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Dawn making new props occasionally – wow SU N RISE (=dawn); “making new (=N) <p> R <o> P <s> occasionally (=alternate letters only) means letter “n” is replaced by letters “rp”
Head doctor's cutting under United strip (7)
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Head doctor’s cutting under United strip U (=united, as in Man U) + [DR (=doctor) in NESS (=head, promontory)]
Cow left hay when ignored oddly (7)
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Cow left hay when ignored oddly OVER (=left, remaining) + <h> A <y> W <h> E <n> (“when oddly ignored” means all odd letters are dropped)
19 drank slime (4)
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19 drank slime <b> OOZE <d> (=drink; “undress (=entry at 19)” means remove first and last letters); ooze is slimy mud
Help abridging opera? (3)
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Help abridging opera? AÏD <a> (=opera, by Verdi; “abridging” means last letter is dropped)
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