Across
Search for oil curtailed with a second uproar (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
FRAC(K) = search for oil, curtailed; A, S.
Country area, remote delta, invaded by the military (8)
Busy gathering of people requiring couple to swap places (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MEETING has two letters swapping places.
Wrong to snatch a jewellery item (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ERRING (wrong), insert A.
English bowler maybe embraces early contest (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
HAT (English bowler) has E (early part of embraces) inserted. EDIT I mis-parsed here, as pointed out below, it’s E for English inside the bowler HAT, not E from embraces.
Home remains place of refuge after returning from manufacturing process (10)
Shift effort to include area of fiscal planning (9)
With failure of clubs, was boxing assessed? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CRATED loses C for clubs.
Hefty? Pounds lighter, though not at first (5)
Cell: most of one transformed by author's works? (9)
Our violent riots — threatening this? (10)
Soldiers without skill lacking in force (4)
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UNFIT loses its F.
Company on board in struggle to make artificial fabric (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CO inside SS (company on board) inside VIE = struggle.
Very ornate pub, old, rather short of vermouth (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BAR (pub) O (old) QUE = QUITE (rather) without the IT for Italian vermouth.
Affirmed wrong date given about international match (8)
Fellow ignoring educational component in school lecture (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PEER = fellow, lose the R (one of the three R’s = educational component) insert into SCH for school.
Down
Get half-hearted supporters descending on church (5)
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FEET loses an E then CH.
Hero of old seeing a doomed lover accepting kiss (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A, LEANDER (doomed lover) with X inserted.
Keen helper catching cold (4)
Ancient greeting set in the earth in Neolithic site (7)
Choral work not ending in silence is something suggesting later discussion (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ORATORIO loses its final O and goes inside MUM = silence.
Excuse deviation from script, but not second one (5)
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AD LIB loses the D (second letter) then I for one.
Snow vehicle follows cliff path, perhaps (3,6)
Computer language includes information in list of items (6)
Spreading Euro-libels, against Government's wishes? (10)
Somehow able to grasp historical King by way of part of London (9)
College without equal ignoring a University procedure (9)
Source of beneficial reflection — certainly cheers up in church (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
YES (certainly) TA (cheers) is all reversed and inserted into CE for church. Do non UK roads use these and call them the same?
One Danish scientist upset about source of many diamonds (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
How many Danish scientists do we know? One; Niels BOHR. Reverse him, insert M (source of many) and add I for one. Of course, I had a careless S one the end instead of I, until I came to parse it for the blog.
Call volume, do you say? (5)
Saw components tailoring had initially affixed to shirt (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TEE (shirt) add T H (tailoring had, initially).
Decline beginning to reappear in party power (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DO (party) P (power) insert R (beginning to reappear).
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