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Woman's not spotted saving uniform for such labours? (9)
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HER (woman’s) CLEAN (not spotted) with U inserted.
A cover-up in hospital: only a single vaccination (5)
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H for hospital, I for one, JAB.
Cold? Not advisable to fall asleep (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
C for cold, RASH = not advisable.
Hesitant moving at first, becoming courteous (9)
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TENTATIVE rearranged, the AT moving to the start.
Quality of sound initially leaves one shaken (7)
Stretched and felt another twinge? (7)
Stupidly lets cook put rum in starter (4,6,4)
Delivery for one unable to rise before ten! (5,2,3,4)
Capricious wife always fighting daughter (7)
Left job, but also went back? (7)
Horribly wet — a valid reason? (5,4)
Sudden pain, touching a knife (5)
Impatient snake's first time in the grass (5)
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S (first of snake) T (time) inside HAY (grass).
Found a new place, having struggled after the start to house alien (9)
Down
Chief witch shortly organised mob for big sacrifice (8)
Sphere's actual mass (5)
We who are present not drinking, having no success with wine guide (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
US HERE being “we who are present”, TT being teetotal, and E being WINE without WIN (success).
One contacting English and American author (7)
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E for English, Norman MAILER the American author.
This cancellation of a flat making you wild (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
in music a “natural” is an accidental note (C, D, E, F, G, A or B) played without being a sharp or flat, marked by “♮”> on the stave if the key signature would expect it to be sharp or flat. At least, I think that’s what I remember from my piano lessons. Wild here meaning natural as in “re-wilding” meaning returning to a natural state.
Chinese like to turn up in German league (5)
Elvis's can sort of rock (9)
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A reference to the 1957 Elvis Presley hit “Jailhouse Rock” and where “can” is slang for jail.
British city suffers vital loss (6)
Nervous, twice circling edge of dangerous whirlpool (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CHARY = nervous, BIS = twice, with D the edge of dangerous inserted. Depending on the version of the legend, Charybdis was either a sea monster (opposite Scylla) or the whirlpool created when the monster belched out swallowed water.
Delicious things and a lot of money, the best part of a racket (5,4)
Effusive greeting from happy worker (4,4)
Be likely to order a Christmas tree brought round (3,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BID = order, FIR the tree, with A inserted. Not an idiom I knew, I think it’s more American than English (so says Collins).
Objectives given to sailor (7)
Police team check sample (6)
Calm partner holding ace (5)
Learn new arrangement for organ (5)
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