Across
One venomous corner not half welcomed by the Kop (8)
Legendary footballers having brief time with our team (6)
Stress of old pants etc being a bit short (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
UNDERLINE{n} (old pants etc) Here ‘old’ refers to the fact that this term is archaic.
Articles about poet initially bewildered (2,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A A (articles) around T.S.E. (T.S. Eliot, initially)
Follow story as told (4)
Showing amazing foresight, a present not to be criticised (4,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of FORESIGHT What an amazingly fooling clue. I’m embarrassed to have been held up by it for so long. Is it a chestnut? (No pun intended.)
Where it is polite to cough, if late (10)
A little animal in the country (4)
Seizure regularly downed a biblical figure (4)
Expression of surprise about colleague Leon maybe being clumsy (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
AH (expression of surprise) around MATE (colleague) + URIS (Leon maybe)
Superior forehand smashes outrageous (7-2)
Spy, English — or Flemish? (4)
Universal at first to suffer loss of smell (5)
Land in built-up area — it hurt duke to divide that (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TOWN (built-up area) around OUCH (it hurt) + D (duke) This fooled me for a long time because I thought ‘it hurt’ = OW.
Not popular, one demanding hospital post (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
INSISTER (one demanding) without IN (popular)
Character transported returning from game involving good group of women (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MATCH (game) around G (good) + W.I. (group of women) I have read Great Expectations and quite liked it, but I’m not sure what the reference is here. I know Magwitch was a criminal who escaped, so perhaps the ‘transported’ is a reference to the imprisonment and ‘returning’ is a a reference to the escaping.
Down
Market is very British (4)
Most half-hearted moving around, but he keeps rolling (3,6,6)
Herb's wallet nearly getting dropped on road (8)
Down; unable to fly with this? (5)
Zero interest each year closing course (6)
Comment on letters for military checkpoint (11,4)
Great changes in view left to those eg in the circle (5,5)
Hitch as part of sail lands on shorebird (4,4)
Ingratiating European put out by old uniform in funeral ceremony (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
E (European) replaced by O (old) + U (uniform) in OBSEQUIES (funeral ceremony)
Indicate tune of one song half-heartedly — it is rather wet (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
HUM (indicate tune of) I (one) DIT{t}Y (song)
Elephant keeps quiet, with a series of gestures (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DUMBO (elephant) around SH (quiet) + W (with)
Clumsy cowboy endlessly on tablet (6)
A young deer we hear leading all the animals around (5)
In crush, losing top part of foot (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{p}INCH (crush) I think I have this right?
Type letters or click words in the clue