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Clerk’s content - after small slummy pad it will be digs for him (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Clerk’s content – after small slummy pad it will be digs for him S (=small, in sizes) + HOVEL (=slummy pad, i.e. shabby accommodation) + <c> LER <k> (“content” means middle letters only are used); the “digs” of the definition refers not to accommodation, but to excavation!
High level of support initially seen on pitch (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
High level of support initially seen on pitch S <een> (“initially” means first letter only) + TILT (pitch, of a ship); cf. walking on stilts
I agree with the German editor (7)
Cold capital city on limits of the normal weather (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Cold capital city on limits of the normal weather C (=cold, as on tap) + LIMA (=capital city, of Peru) + T <h>E (“limits of” means first and last letters only)
Some sheep wool patterned onto cloth (5)
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Some sheep // wool patterned onto cloth Double definition: a flock is both “some sheep” and “(particles of) wool patterned onto cloth”
Zero gravity? - held by secure cord with something else (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Zero gravity? – held by secure cord with something else [O (=zero, pictorially) + G (=gravity)] in TETHER (=secure cord)
Around 1st of Nov increase assistance for free (6)
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Around 1 st of November increase assistance for free N <ovember> (“1 st of” means first letter only) in [UP (increase, raise, as verb) + AID (=assistance)]
Privately eccentric cinema artist (8)
Arcane oddball coteries (8)
Grey example of river carp (6)
Falls for regressive regulations leading to depressions (8)
Street’s internet access mostly high-speed (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Street’s internet access mostly high-speed WI-F <i> (=internet access; “mostly” indicates last letter dropped) in ST (=street)
Most primitive indigenous peoples having time to move east (7)
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Most primitive indigenous peoples having time to move east NA T IVES (=indigenous peoples; “having time (=T) to move east” means letter “t” moves to later place in the word; in art, primitive means simple, unsophisticated
One SW county has 25% off similar compounds (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
One SW county has 25% off similar compounds I (=one) + SOMERS <et> (=SW county; “having 25% off” means 2 of 8 letters are dropped)
To some extent when arch goes over winch is required (5)
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To some extent when arch goes over winch is required Reversed (“goes over”) and hidden (“to some extent”) in “wh EN ARC h”
Dealt very roughly as a preventative measure (9)
Down
Move around aimlessly pale and sickly following sun (4)
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Move around aimlessly , pale and sickly following sun S (=sun) + WAN (=pale and sickly)
A plover flying - it will cross the gap (7)
Final part mutated in core of certain glands (9)
Play about a city Romeo ending in heartbreak (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Play about a city Romeo ending in heartbreak LA (=a city) + R (=Romeo, in NATO alphabet) + <heartbrea> K (“ending in” means last letter only); to lark is to play about, frolic
Little critters chewed acorns round Colorado (8)
Going over step inside entirely inside - maybe a long shot (5)
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Going over, step inside, entirely inside – maybe a long shot Reversed (=going over) and hidden (=entirely inside) in “st EP INS ide”; to snipe is to shoot at from a distance, hence “maybe a long shot”
Russian boy with weedkiller becomes a ‘Scottish’ hero? (7)
The last question in a row - is a beer drunk with Kelvin? (10)
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The last question in a row – is a beer drunk with Kelvin? *(A BEER + K (=Kelvin) in TIER (=row, level)
Fast percussion playing (10)
It thickens line on castle that’s a bit short in drawing (9)
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It thickens line on castle that’s a bit short in drawing [ROW (=line) + ROO <k> (=castle, in chess; “that’s a bit short” means last letter is dropped)] in ART (=drawing)
Poetic hero Sheila’s regularly seen with a battered hat (8)
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Poetic hero Sheila’s regularly seen with a battered hat <s> H <e> I <l> A (“regularly” means alternate letters only are used) + *(WITH A); “battered” is anagram indicator; the reference is to the 1855 epic poem The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Essentially vocal rain dances for wind instrument (7)
Confined with no food’s intrinsically concerning (7)
Feudal lord for instance in fiction (5)
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Feudal lord for instance in fiction E.G. (=for instance) in LIE (=fiction, untruth)
Equipment that’s electronic - it’s used to test opinions (4)
Wordgame is insubstantial but not “beginning with W” (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Wordgame is insubstantial but not “beginning with “W”” <w> ISPY (=insubstantial, flimsy; “not beginning with “W”” means letter “w” is dropped)
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