Across
Hairy skin of individual in front (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I{ndividua}L [skin of…] contained by [in] POSE (front). I never heard of this word and it has not appeared in a Times puzzle before, at least not in the TfTT era. I worked out the first piece of wordplay, so with that and checkers I felt I should have been able to construct the answer but I failed to do so. Having resorted to aids I had difficulty understanding how ‘front’ might mean POSE but I found it eventually in SOED, not that the word ‘front’ is actually mentioned: pose – fig. An attitude of mind or conduct, esp. one assumed for effect; a pretence
At home following golf, strange game (3,5)
Travelling far, loner gets involved with gang (4-5)
Set aside yearbook, ignoring second article (5)
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ANNU{a}L (yearbook) [ignoring second indefinite article]
Bullied into releasing a sweeping statement (14)
Use ace disguise, we hear (5)
Male desert dweller, heading off with Eastern European princess (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
M (male), {s}AHARAN (desert dweller) [heading off], E (Eastern), E (European). This one gave me some problems as I didn’t know the alternative spelling of ‘Maharani’.
Dinosaur droppings collected by institute's top academic (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
GUANO (droppings) contained [collected] by I{nstitute’s} [top] + DON (academic). There was an opportunity for misspelling here, perhaps writing A instead of the first O.
Soil regularly gets into mangle and grinder (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{s}O{i}L [regularly] contained by [gets into] MAR (mangle). ‘Mar/mangle’ seemed a bit unlikely but my thesaurus likes it.
Instant but extremely tortuous doubts (6,8)
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SECOND (instant), THOUGH (but), T{ortuou}S [extremely]
Psychoanalyst's right to probe rivalry (5)
Lassitude and sexlessness in a province undergoing recession (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
NO IT (sexlessness) + IN + A + NI (province – Northern Ireland) reversed [undergoing recession]. Not a word I’m particularly familiar with but I remembered it has come up before. February this year was its most recent outing, defined as ‘lack of enthusiasm’.
Provincial university beginning to tackle dishonesty (8)
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OU (Open University), T{ackle} [beginning], LYING (dishonesty). The Open University is based locally to me in Milton Keynes.
Finally giving instrument back for nothing (6)
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{givin}G [finally], then SITAR (musical instrument) reversed [back]
Down
Cool and calm, the pig wallowing (10)
Row over origin of nylon fabric (5)
Sister's taken in by advisor or ally (7)
Prosecute light infantry pulled up for obstruction (5)
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SUE (prosecute) + LI (light infantry) reversed [pulled up]. Obstruction of the intestine.
Churchman going round a nuclear plant (7)
Very rainy start to week quickly disheartened everyone (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MON (start to week), SOON (quickly), A{l}L (everyone) [disheartened]
Cry in my cell, lacking covers (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{m}Y + {c}ELL [lacking covers]
Angry son leaving Mansfield in a rage (8)
Exhibits case of rare gifts (10)
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R{ar}E [case of…], PRESENTS (gifts)
Mum's eaten bananas for fun (9)
Heavy female companion supported by staff (8)
Number working over 24 hours is twelve (7)
Less assertive setter bitten by cat (7)
Articulate spirit, or spirits (5)
Rob chap on island thoroughfare (5)
Shock as fishcakes initially run out (4)
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