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Forgive a cheat in navy after pressure (6)
Ready for stock control pub company regularly dreads (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BAR (pub) CO (company) every other letter in (regularly) DREADS
Coach remaining in location for actors (5,4)
New black mostly replaced white (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of (replaced) N (new) BLACK minus the last letter (mostly)
Pinch a day some weeks after Easter (7)
Speaking in public once before a politician (7)
Savage jumbo in setter's latest style left unstarted (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
last letter of (‘s latest) SETTER + VOGUE (style) without the first letter (left unstarted) A rogue elephant is what’s being referenced here.
Childish about smell being severe (8)
Donnish boss lives outside Oxford Universty (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
STUD (boss) + IS (lives) around (outside) OU (Oxford University)
Drums initially beaten in traditional Indian rhythm (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
first letter of (initially) BEATEN in TALA (traditional Indian rhythm) I was ready to biff TABLA immediately with the Indian-flavored drums in the surface reading, but I had never heard of TALA, so hesitated until the end of my solve.
Italian city in country — one in good area (7)
Task to insert a line in hymn tune (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CHORE (task) around (to insert) A L (line)
Very curious about one piercing? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
NOSY (very curious) around (about) I (one)
Where king may be lying about current grand cause (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IN STATE (where king may be) around (lying about) I (current) G (grand)
Staining damage linked with expensive jewellery (8)
Celebratory of baby to come — welcoming son (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
FETAL (of baby to come) around (welcoming) S (son) Great clue!
Down
Father's blade which can open doors (8)
Blazing row in gang (7)
Lay out a lot of drove pens all over the place (9)
Fool grabbing Oscar, say? One is in court who knows the stars (14)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ASS (fool) around (grabbing) TROPHY (Oscar, say) + I (one) + IS in CT (court) I was able to get this and 9 down within seconds, which immensely helped the solve.
Openings of charmer's old basket reveals arising —? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
first letters (openings) of CHARMER’S OLD BASKET REVEALS ARISING The definition is the blank “—” to be filled in. Or you could take it to be the whole clue, of course.
Soldier died by Burmese capital without a name (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
D (died) + (by) RANGOON (Burmese capital) removing one (without a) N (name)
Foot of old flyer just over half preserved (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
6/11 of (just over half preserved) PTERODACTYL (flyer)
Rig renovation I arranged giving new strength (14)
See this crossing the sky or meet it broken on top of earth (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
OR MEET IT anagrammed (broken) + (on) first letter (top) of EARTH
Prince holds member of insurgency which is growing in the country (8)
Dog runs into lake in extremes of terror (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
R (runs) in (into) ERIE (lake) in first and last letters (extremes) of TERROR
Horrid child circumventing prohibition in old part of Europe (7)
One nominally involved? Gosh, no, the reverse of that (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MY (gosh) NOPE (no) reversed (the reverse of that) Loved this clue.
Audible breather taken in deep ravine (5)
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