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Picked up tips from tramp in tent (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Sound-alike (picked up = heard) of T + P , which are the end letters (tips) of T [ram] P . A traditional tent used by Native Americans.
Thick-skinned individual left during fight with America (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
L (abbreviation for left) inserted into WAR (fight) + US (America). Marine mammal with a thick leathery hide.
English Tory's desperate for aphrodisiac (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Anagram (desperate) of E (abbreviation for English) + TORY’S . Traditionally considered an aphrodisiac; according to Wikipedia, eating them may boost production of some sex hormones.
Boxing in Jack and King with lead of ten (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NOB (name for a Jack in some card games) + LEAR (Shakespearean King Lear) + leading letter of T [en]. The noble art = nickname for the sport of boxing.
Desire back massage before noon (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
RUB (massage) reversed (back), before N (abbreviation for noon). Burn, as a verb = to desire something very strongly.
Wyatt Earp perhaps following in darkness to stop urge evolving (10)
Figures plan to develop oil rich area (11)
On and on and on railing at international banishment (10)
Change ends in bar therefore (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
SHUT (bar, as a verb = prevent access to), with the end letters S and T changing places.
English stories about crime location in Hamlet (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
E (abbreviation for English) + LORE (stories = legends), around SIN (crime). Shakespeare’s English name for Helsingør in Denmark, location of the castle where Hamlet is set.
Land fish on film next to river (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
WANDA (fish on film, as in the 1988 film A Fish Called Wanda ) next to R (abbreviation for river).
Stones German composer (6)
Quits on the phone like Polly? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Sound-alike (on the phone = heard) of PARROTY (like a parrot = like Polly). I’m sure some will say that they pronounce the I and O in these two words differently, but it’s close enough for me. As in “call it quits” = no advantage to either side = parity.
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Pass judgement on several words appropriately structured (8)
Pull again an inflammatory action (6)
Ruin ostentatious jewellery's mottled appearance (8)
Tail of rook found in tree (6)
Blossoming after score in rugby test (6)
Steamship touring Great Lake for regularly broadcast shows (6)
Die in Bhutan horribly having had liver removed? (11)
Experienced a child punching others (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
A SON (a child) inserted into SEED (descendants in general = other children). As in “a seasoned performer” = someone with a lot of experience of doing something.
Libertine's destiny with many wives and concubines curtailed by love (8)
Exhaustion from travelling in spring with convict (6)
Delivered ice cream for start of week? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
Sound-alike (delivered = spoken) of SUNDAE (ice cream served with toppings).
Upstanding chap claiming jail reformed prophet (6)
Opera lover's head is not unusual (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Fifteensquared have:
NORMA (opera by Bellini) + first letter (head) of L [over].
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