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I will enter church or part of cathedral (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I contained in (will enter) ( CH [church] + OR )
Defeat in debate with no opening for amused response (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
s LAUGHTER (demolish in argument; defeat in debate) excluding (with no) S ( the first letter [opening]) S
Sleep over but appearing upset for sure (7)
Somewhat unpleasant time dodging criticism is hard (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S t ICK (criticism) excluding (dodging) T (time) + IS + H (hard, as in the description of pencil lead)
American praise curtailed and retracted? That’s normal (5)
Wet weather? Sheep getting mostly lined up inside (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RAM (male sheep) containing (getting … inside) IN STOR e (forthcoming; imminent; lined up) excluding the final letter (mostly) E
Quantity of vegetation there being no energy in what veggies decline (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
M e AT (a foodstuff declined by vegetarians) excluding (there being no) E (energy)
Investments - Henry to avoid small amounts (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S h AVINGS (small pieces [amounts], especially of wood, thinly sliced [shaved] from a bigger piece) excluding (to avoid) H (henry; SI unit of electrical inductance)
Obligation to work hard? Not right (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TI r E (to work hard) excluding (not) R (right)
Characteristic features offering pitfalls around IT test (9)
City in which I may broach accepted standards (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I contained in (may broatch) PARS (accepted standards)
Greek character – no Catholic in my opinion backsliding (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( NO + RC [Roman Catholic] + IMO [in my opinion, abbreviation in text messaging]) all reversed (backsliding)
Favouring air a lot in life (7)
Information challenge implicating male police officer (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GEN (information) + ( DARE [challenge] containing [implicating] M [male])
Rest and shelter accommodated by South Pole initially (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LEE (shelter) contained in (accommodated by) ( S [South] + P [ first letter of {initially} P ole])
Down
Navy amongst school of whales in body of water (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( N [navy] contained in [amongst] POD [small group or school of whales])
Problems: town’s foremost functions involving bar where power’s off (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
T ( first letter of [foremost] T own) + ( ROLES [functions] containing [involving] p UB [public house; bar] excluding [off] P [power])
Roofworker heading for skyscraper subsequently (6)
Topic: Queen has deductive flair about it on reflection (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
QU + ( NOSE [deductive flair] containing [about] IT ) reversed (on reflection)
Surprises husband wearing footwear (6)
I get aboard front part of fairground ride something taking to the skies (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( I + COP [sieze or catch; get]) contained in (aboard) HELTER (first [front] part of HELTER Skelter [a fairground ride])
Accomplishment regarding something local I observed in study (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( ON [regarding] + SUMMAT [dialect {local term} for ‘something’] + I ) contained in [observed in] CON (study)
Why specimen gets corrupted with last of grime? I was often dirty from work (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram of (gets corrupted) WHY SPECIMEN and E ( final letter of [last of] grim E )
Scrapping virus alert? Beyond one’s authority (10)
A lot of poetry about international name in drink suppliers (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
VERS e (poetry) excluding the final letter (a lot of) E , containing (about) ( INT [ INT ernational + N [name])
Hold back drink over equipment familiar to (8)
Poor imitation of wages that will secure staff (6)
Taxidermist with no time for bear (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S t UFFER (a term descriptive of a taxidermist) excluding (with no) T (time)
Stopped without father getting worn-out (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
pa USED (stopped) excluding (without) PA (father)
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