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Ray must keep right, Ray must keep right, Ray must keep right ...? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
MANTA (name for a few species of ray fish) containing (keeping) R (abbreviation for right). It’s hard to decide what to indicate as the definition here, but the general idea is that mantra = a repeated phrase used in meditation.
Model deep in trouble checks how to change name (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I’m struggling with the wordplay here. Possibly an anagram (in trouble) of DEEP , inserted into DOLL (a model of a person), but the word order is a bit confusing; “checks” can mean “restrains” but I’m not sure it makes sense as an insertion indicator. Any better ideas?
Note linked loops? About time! (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
CROCHET (loops of yarn linked using a hook) around T (abbreviation for time). A musical note-value.
Director rejected musical, in case (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
D (abbreviation for director), then EVITA (musical by Lloyd Webber and Rice) reversed (rejected). Grammatical case (especially in Greek and Latin), often indicating the recipient or beneficiary of an action. Nominative = I; accusative = me; dative = to me or for me.
Hardened nature of Great Russian leader initially leaving wearing not so much (12)
A prisoner returned for festivity (4)
Prominent feature of songbird going round with male (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
LARK (songbird), containing (going round) AND (with) + M (abbreviation for male).
Editor backing item demurred (8)
Fed up of criticism having no point, ultimately (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
S [t] ICK (slang for criticism, as in “they gave me a lot of stick for that”), without the T which is the last letter (ultimately) of [poin]T.
Go and wish happiness to recruit in part of Scotland (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PEE (go = slang for urinate) + BLESS (wish happiness to) + HIRE (as in “new hire” = someone hired to do a job = recruit). Historic county in southern Scotland.
Spooner's encouragement for Homer's son, an actor (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Spoonerism of GO BART! (what someone might say to encourage Bart Simpson, son of Homer Simpson in the cartoon series). The actor Humphrey Bogart.
American bishop can start to address disputed region in Georgia (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A (abbreviation for American) + B (abbreviation for bishop) + KHAZI (can = slang for toilet) + starting letter of A [ddress]. Not the US state of Georgia, but the former Soviet republic. Abkhazia was an autonomous region before the break-up of the Soviet Union, and is or isn’t now part of Georgia depending on who you ask.
Everybody in church welcomes a marriage (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ALL (everybody) + IN + CE (abbreviation for Church of England), containing (welcoming) A (from clue text).
Still love following proceedings when temperature's dropped (4,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
O (zero = love in tennis scoring), following EVEN [t] S (proceedings) without the T (abbreviation for temperature). Still = even so = despite everything: “Still, it could be worse . . .”.
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Indian city's river in range (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
R (abbreviation for river) in AGA (brand name for ranges = large kitchen cookers).
Sick and worried after idiot shows interest (9)
I see stuff about Sabbath in hermitage perhaps (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
AH (ah! = I see! = now I understand) + RAM (stuff, as a verb = force into a container), around S (abbreviation for Sabbath). In Hinduism, a spiritual hermitage or instruction centre.
Engineer scheduled items about a scourge of the countryside (5,3,7)
Space in the middle of stable (8)
Almost clear communion plate (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PATEN [t] (clear = obvious) without the last letter (almost). A plate, usually of precious metal, used to hold the bread in a communion service.
Infatuated voter lucks out (10)
Glamorous woman in pub to attempt to tour earth on endless jolly (6,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
BAR (pub = drinking establishment), then BID (to attempt) around E (abbreviation for earth, in electrical wiring), then [j] OLL [y] without the end letters. Rather offensive slang term, suggesting that a young woman is attractively dressed but uninteresting or unintelligent.
Regularly bump heavies off, and cause trouble (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (off) of alternate letters (regularly) from B [u] M [p] + HEAVIES .
Former England cricket captain's heart fluttering before century (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (fluttering) of HEART , then TON (century = cricket slang for scoring 100 runs). Michael Atherton, England cricket captain in the 1990s.
Relish cream with lardy-cake on vacation (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
PICK (cream = the best of something, as in “the pick of the crop” or “the cream of the crop”) + L [ardy-cak] E . Pickle = a type of relish = strongly-flavoured food accompaniment made from vegetables and/or fruit.
Primarily, Brits hate any jalapenos in fried vegetables (5)
Helpers claimed to be cycling (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SAID (claimed), with the letters “cycling” so that the initial S goes to the end. Helpers as in “things that help” (rather than people).
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