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Boss to lead old lady around area (3,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TO + PB (lead) + NANA (old lady) containing [around] A (area)
Bathroom fixture picked up two days before D-Day? (5)
Predators initially unnerve rabbit (7)
Hiding? How come? (4,3)
Train people to shun baboon (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{man}DRILL (baboon) [‘people’ to shun]. ‘Man’ and ‘people’ can both mean supply with inhabitants.
Marriage following conclusion of dogged flirtation (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{dogge}D [conclusion], ALLIANCE (marriage)
Chartered surveyor consuming alcohol and favourite cakes (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CS (chartered surveyor) containing [consuming], RUM (alcohol) + PET (favourite)
Regularly use satnav, driver's ultimate navigational aid (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
S{a}T{n}A{v} [regularly use], {drive}R [‘s ultimate]
Fortieth head of government to come out of public school (4)
I pleaded slyly and plotted secretly (4-4)
Toilets occupied by Sale's wingers and prop (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LOO + HEAD (toilets) containing [occupied by] S{al}E [‘s wingers]. Rugby football jargon for the prop on the hooker’s left in the front row of a scrum. A prop is an outside front-row forward.
See you texting mate with reprimand (3,2)
Terribly bad sign for corporation? (7)
Poet with name for posh opportunist (7)
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CHAUCER (poet) becomes CHANCER when N (name) is substituted for U (posh)
Affirmations of my fine morals are vacuous at last (5)
Finding divorces surprisingly variable (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Anagram [surprisingly] of DIVORCES, then Y (variable)
Down
Lacking enthusiasm, quietly stops revolutionary eating plan (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
P (quietly) is contained by [stops] DIET (eating plan) reversed [revolutionary]
Re-employing dull temps in Oban, Mansfield and Harlow? (8,7)
Mantel openly defends bounder (8)
One acted out story (8)
Too grand to follow apprentice's lead (2,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A{pprentice} [‘s lead], SWELL (grand – in North America)
Two types of neckwear for keen rower (6)
Modifying word in clear piece of writing (8,7)
Material heartless old jailer read aloud (6,3)
Natural consequence of putting Toyota on railway (9)
George avoids seafood (8)
Brief excitement over ancient statesman bowing in a certain way (8)
Female setter's Greek god (6)
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HER (female), ME (setter), S (‘s)
Part of shower cap worn by heroine, oddly absent (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LID (cap) contains [worn] by {h}E{r}O{i}N{e} [oddly absent]. SOED: Any of a shower of meteors seeming to radiate from the constellation Leo in November. Another unknown.
Jolly camp plaintiff? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Triple definition: (a) A jolly can be a party, a celebration or an enjoyable trip. (b) A camp can be a group or party of people who hold a certain opinion. (c) A plaintiff is one of the parties involved in a dispute in law.
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