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Quality of the special effects reflected on performer (7)
Pawn captures are the safe play against white's openings (7)
Confirmed landlubber dies at sea (9)
One fighting infections in order to curb cold (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
TELL (order) containing (to curb) C (cold)
They say to make firm declaration (13)
Current leader of KGB boring communist gets bugged (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I (electric current) + ([ first letter of {leader of} K GB] contained in [boring] RED [communist])
Confused at fiancés showing interest (9)
Setter's at mike using speech for evil purposes (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
I’M (I am; setter is) + M (MIKE is the international radio communication codeword for the letter M ) + ORALLY (using speech)
Sort out clothing for man in wedding (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
GROOM (unimportant man at a wedding) double definition
Check perennial for new life (13)
Caught part of ladder becoming twisted (5)
Permanent marker (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
The wordplay is simply a cryptic definition of a TATTOOIST . Perhaps not even that cryptic.
Instrument playing shortly after bugle's entrance (7)
'Cervid' rook? Dictionary essentially misspelling term (7)
Down
Loving the foreign lexicon in translation about Greek character (10)
Illustration of Ark containing right number of each animal Noah saved (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ARK containing (containing) ( R [right] + TWO [the number of each animal that Noah saved on his ark])
Audibly ripped stitch in upper body (5)
Nurse left wound to become sore (9)
Villain dealing with gang (5)
Linking sci-fi movie up with horror movie (9)
Picks power to lead criminal cartel (7)
Use heat to bond metal and yellow dye (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WELD (a scentless species of mignonette, also known as dyer’s rocket, yielding a yellow dye; the dye itself) double definition
What stops metro train going off the rails? (10)
Heroism going wrong amid unexpected uprising (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
ERRING (going wrong) contained in (amid) ODD (out-of-place; unexpected) reversed (uprising; down entry)
Flyer promoting Icelandic dairy product with custom jams (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
( W [with] + RITE [ formal act or procedure prescribed or customary in religious ceremonie s; custom]) contained in (jams) SKYR (an Icelandic dairy product made from curdled milk)
Parisian who God inspires to be noble (7)
Opening provided to infiltrate gold reserve (7)
Copper can intervene (5)
Positive part of a lyric poem (5)
Heading to get seaman's mop for cleaning decks (4)
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