Across
View of expert in confrontation (4,2,4)
Bird taking piece of garibaldi biscuit (4)
Where Yorkshireman needs umbrella going along? (2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IN T’ RAIN The cryptic hint is based on a feature of Yorkshire dialect by which some locals say a short ‘t’ instead of ‘the’. It was used a lot by the late Barry Cryer on the panel show I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue for Uxbridge English Dictionary definitions e.g. TAP = Yorkshireman’s smartphone program, TRACK = Yorkshireman’s wine store.
Dislike removing a brand (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{a}VERSION (dislike) [removing a]
Obvious and excessively large politicians' promises (10)
Rubbish articles in Telegraph and Times primarily (3)
Small ridge of rock does for toboggan (6)
Worry with traveller's very small distance to cover? (8)
Who recommend nowadays having face coverings (8)
Attendant working with car (6)
Manage saving one from downfall? (3)
Loyalty, for instance in marriage (10)
I'm surprised to see new bird making for top of dome (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LA (I’m surprised), N (new), TERN (bird). This went in with fingers crossed as I didn’t know La! as an expression of surprise (SOED has it as archaic), nor LANTERN as the top of a dome, although having looked it up later I vaguely remembered meeting it before.
An element of one free, one … er … (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I (one), RID (free), I (one), UM (er)
Noble paragon deprived of power (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{p}EARL (paragon) [deprived of power]
Swiss division soldiers needing time in winter quarters (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CANTON (Swiss division), MEN (soldiers), T (time in winter quarters). I didn’t know this word but assembled it quite easily as I remembered the Swiss division.
Down
Considerable area covered by wood (4)
Salt, it needs putting in container (7)
After restructuring, instead target commercial sector? (7,6)
What protects boat with fine finish on English river (6)
Girl chasing bubbly and song (8)
Second magnitude star is swelling (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
B-LISTER (second magnitude star)
Affected piety upsetting a non-mystic (10)
Bringing back monkey used for research, losing hospital award (13)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
R{h}ESUS (monkey used for research) [losing hospital], CITATION (award). “Rhesus? They’re monkeys aren’t they? How dare you! I didn’t come here to be insulted by a legalised vampire!” Hancock: The Blood Donor (1961).
Well over square-bashing in east European footwear (10)
Long wearing tailored sari — here, perhaps? (3,5)
Tore up to support very popular dealer in Bordeaux (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
V (very), IN (popular), then RENT (tore) reversed [up]. I thought for a moment we needed a French word for ‘dealer’ here, but fortunately not as I’ve forgotten most of the French I learned at school.
Be on a list queuing outside clubs (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IN LINE (queuing) containing [outside] C (clubs)
A spirit not likely to do much for the old? (6)
Black mark getting start of the sum wrong (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Anagram [wrong] of T{he} [start] + SUM
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