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A time to abandon overdone religious ceremony (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TRITE (overdone) deletes a T.
Boss one in recent times restricted in cramped lodging? (6,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
STUD (boss) I (one) OF LAT[E] = in recent times losing the end / restricted.
Posh mariner in hat avoiding lake and river (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TRILBY = hat, delete the L, insert U TAR = posh mariner.
Clown Launcelot covering two bachelors in slime (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
GOO (slime) has B B (two bachelors) inserted. Launcelot Gobbo as in The Merchant of Venice, which I did for O Level in 1963.
Crime related to stolen goods receiver (7)
King murdered in dark and gloomy prison (6)
2 of 25 behind with credit given by wine people (15)
Company calls about poor lads maltreated in resort (8,7)
Skate home? Notice daughter holding a book (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SEE D = notice daughter, insert A B[ook].
Upheaval at Cape Canaveral? (7)
Short stay in French hotel for White House resident? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
“une nuit” would be a short, one-night stay in a French hotel, so I NUIT. Some inuits still live in igloos I presume.
Ecstasy taken into pub by super star group (5,4)
Free issue includes image facing the wrong way (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
EMANATE (issue) has PIC reversed inserted.
Network in muddle, as Connery would have had it? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
007 star Sean Connery was often the subject of debate as to whether he had a lisp or just a distinctive Scottish way of pronouncing things. If he said MESS (muddle) it might have sounded like MESH. Many of Connery’s more profound utterances are on record, such as “I am a Scotsman! I was a Scotsman and I will always be one.”
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Review top secret revelation's source after decoding (10)
Tea leaf from tea in Paris to impress one female (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
THÉ being French for tea, insert I and add F for female. Tea-leaf being CRS for thief.
Went over point, reflecting, having introduced poetry (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DART = point, reverse it and insert VERSE for poetry.
Nymph in wood unbalanced, lacking warmth for male (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MAD = unbalanced, swap M[ale] for DRY meaning lacking warmth.
Last letter in newspaper a sheer fabrication? (7)
One in Larkin's position, 51, very naughty boy accepting God (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LI (51) BRIAN (“he’s not the Messiah, he’s a very naughty boy” as in Monty Python’s Life of Brian) insert RA an Egyptian god. Philip Larkin was a librarian in Hull and a poet.
Old city queen featured in play (4)
Artist using lathe? (6)
An award taken by Scots river along with other things? (3,2,5)
What's observed in 27, flying low, unable to change course? (3,6)
Broke in thus — lever initially opening (9)
Unthinking nonsense keeping old boy in charge (7)
Deny match official cup ties on a regular basis (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
REF (match official) c U p T i E s.
Find good university in Bath (3,2)
Is it extra stout that's inside to be selected? (5)
Frenchman in relationship for an age? (4)
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