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Do for one bishop and cleric, looking back (4)
Performer, one sensible about places like London, not half (10)
Pub about to sway with English song (10)
Veg, not quite enough for a feast (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BEANo; you might have got there by taking by taking feast off BEANfeast, but I think this works better
Prisoner with fantastic chatter (6)
Scottish town hospital attended by a poet (8)
Royal survivor giving what is expected to an audience (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
sound like PAR; Catherine Parr was Henry VIII’s last wife, surviving him by a year and a bit. Claims to fame: with four husbands, she is the most-married English queen; she was the first woman to publish an original work under her own name, in English, in England.
Is part-time working offering a sense of togetherness? (4,6)
Oliver's college? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The Goldsmiths’ College (commonly called Goldsmiths) is part of the University of London. Although playwrights and novelist Oliver Goldsmith (She Stoops to Conquer, The Vicar of Wakefield) was educated in Dublin and Edinburgh, in a whimsical universe, he might be considered to have something to do with this place.
Member turning to entertain a Highlander? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A in LEG reversed
Fool was unwell, being attacked (8)
Strip joint vulgar, first to go (6)
Diary about daughter is something precious (4)
Excessively severe maidens possibly conned, we hear (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
OVERS (maiden overs in cricket are those in which no runs may be debited against the bowler – simple game, isn’t it?) sounds like ‘tricked’
Annoys sides playing with interrupting requests (10)
Report of solitary advance (4)
Down
Old evil upset speakers — they may go into further detail (11)
Support given to female, one Socialist, worked out badly (9)
Food that is eagerly sought by numismatist? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
a coin-collector might be on the lookout for a rare bit, a bit being a small coin
Lack of concern shown briefly by Vicky and Priscilla (15)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
C (the abbreviation for cold) is the medial letter of the two girls, who therefore show ‘coldheartedness’; I wanted this to be halfheartedness
Jolly lot with very big drink container? (7)
That is the day for assassination, foremost of tragedies (2,3)
Musical group turning up that may be in the groove (5)
Legal opinions in old rambling diatribe enthralling court (6,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CT (court) in O (old) DIATRIBE*; an observation by a judge on some point of law not directly in issue (often made with a faint smile masking a tremendous sense of inner satisfaction)
Popular army officer usually (2,7)
Bloke holding drunk up is a sugary type (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
reversal of SOT (crossword drunken guy) in MALE; also called malt sugar
Scorn during school tests — they inflict unnecessary pain (7)
Cold? It's good to wear a hat (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
G (good) in A LID (slang for ‘hat’)
Sarah is turning up as apostle's companion (5)
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