Across
Effrontery of senior officials (5)
Jenny found by lake in lovely country area (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ASS (jenny – female ass or donkey) + L (lake) contained by [in] GRAND (lovely)
Development almost completely engulfing yours truly's cafe (9)
Congress in recess at end of May (5)
Bounder facing rough justice here? (8,5)
Money making you amorous? Not quite (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
RAND{y} (amorous) [not quite]. Titter ye not!
Lines written in country house introducing new fashion magazine (10)
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VILLA (country house), N (new), ELLE (fashion magazine). I knew this word only as the name of the psychopathic assassin played by Jodie Comer in Killing Eve, but SOED defines it as a usually pastoral or lyric poem consisting normally of five three-line stanzas and a final quatrain, with only two rhymes throughout and some lines repeated. So now we know.
Condemned the Samurai's bungling (10)
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Angram [condemned] of THE SAMURAI
Femme fatale goes for a Parisian legislator (4)
Support for traditional lines of communication? (9,4)
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Barely cryptic
Perplexed, as Popeye often was (2,3)
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A definition and a cryptic hint referring to Popeye the Sailor Man
Submissive, one retreats, bleating (9)
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COMPLiANT (submissive) becomes COMPLAINT when I (one) moves backwards [retreats]
Dodgy detective restraining annoyance with old university (9)
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DS (Detective Sergeant) containing [restraining] ANGER (annoyance) + O (old) + U (university)
Grinned, sergeant-major leaving in a huff? (5)
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{sm}IRKED (grinned) [sergeant-major leaving]
Down
Share a meal, using holiday dosh (5,5)
Pretend to be fine ignoring reality (3)
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{f}ACT (reality) [fine ignoring]
Islander's son facing a complaint (6)
Rudely ignore old man on the water (9)
Old Greek agents upset about Times (5)
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CIA (agents) reversed [upset] containing [about] T T (times)
Optimistic of New Guinea's development (8)
This might get you tiddly a day before a function (11)
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A, MON (day), TILL (befire) A, DO (function – celebration)
Broadcaster's stupor lasting more than 24 hours (4)
Independent nations ran power supply (3-8)
Confirmed peer briefly sedated, needing treatment (4-6)
Girl grabs prize on a holiday resort (3,6)
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LASS (girl) contains [grabs] PALM (prize) + A
Sturdy servant bringing water, I hear (4,4)
Dish to relax one? (6)
Reportedly, Wall Street villain is a cold-blooded creature (5)
Flipping dull Eisteddfod winner? (4)
Kind of KC to lose his head? (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{s}ILK (KC – King’s Counsel) [to lose his head]. When lawyers are elevated to the rank of King’s Counsel they are said to ‘take silk’ as they have earned the right to wear a silk gown. A KC can also be referred to colloquially as a ‘silk’.
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