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Hearing sounds rebounding around start of seminar (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NOISES (sounds) reversed (rebounding), around the starting letter of S [eminar]. Hearing = session, in a court of law.
Bovine couple's shared desire? (6)
Foreign courts are targets of Farage's rants (9)
Chastise at home not outside (5)
Ridiculous yogurt pots unsatisfactory (5)
Picked up old draughtsman in US government department (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Sound-alike (picked up = heard) of EX (prefix ex- = previously but no longer = old) + CHECKER (a playing piece or “man” in the game of draughts, which is called checkers in the US). Old name for the government finance department now known as the Treasury; its boss is still known as the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Problem returning trainee's wine (8)
Custom in Ankara regularly leads to sickness (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
USE (custom = common practice, as in “fallen out of use”), inside alternate letters (regularly) of [a] N [k] A [r] A .
Again paint play area going against the grain (6)
Charlie getting stimulation in party (8)
Let in man with space and time for door-to-door beggars (9)
British fall in intellect (5)
New Romantic singer sent back annual prize (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LE BON (Simon Le Bon, lead singer of the New Romantic band Duran Duran) reversed (sent back). The annual Nobel Prizes; the 2025 winners are being announced this week.
Contemptible person eating fresh cobs and stew (9)
Bond in holiday in Vietnam with that woman (6)
Reveal where a dark horse lives to Spooner (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Spoonerism of BAY (a brown horse, though not necessarily dark brown, with black mane and tail) LAIR (where one might live). Or perhaps dark = secretive, so this horse is hiding in a lair rather than being visible in a field.
Down
Plagiarise answer and continue to covertly gain advantage (13)
Second Prime Minister to bottle a Waltzer? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S (abbreviation for second) + TRUSS (Liz Truss, former British Prime Minister), containing (to bottle) A (from clue text). Johann Strauss I or his son Johann Strauss II, both of whom wrote waltz music.
Eager sex at church ending in ignominy (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
IT (slang for sexual activity) + CH (abbreviation for church) + end letter of [ignomin] Y . I think I’d use “itching” rather than “itchy” to mean eager (as in “itching to get started”), but Collins recognises this usage.
Made orderly want to receive a top mark (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NEED (want in its older sense of shortage, as in “for want of . . .”), containing (to receive) A TEN (as in “I’d give it a ten” = short version of “ten out of ten” = a top mark).
Family of actors reportedly see you on bed (6)
We bang on excitedly about current motorhome (9)
Hides around Rugby's curated slopes (7)
Pretend not to notice an interlude by Brahms and Liszt (13)
Opening remark thanks young adult for boosting religious leader (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
HALLO (opening remark) + TA (short for “thank you” = thanks) + YA (young adult, especially in describing fiction written for teenagers), all reversed (boosting = lifting up = upwards in a down clue). Title for a Shia Muslim leader.
Man-eater's head becoming hot in general (8)
Stature of Liberal being looked after in a cryptic manner (7)
Alas put nuts in kitchen implement (7)
Chap who cuts down trees? (6)
Writer extremely cheerfully provides small snack item (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BIC (brand name for a ballpoint pen = writer) + end letters (extremes) of C [heerfull] Y . Slang (probably derived from baby talk) for a biscuit.
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