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Sawyer's rubbish leg-pull? On the contrary! (6)
Charming, animated young explorer visits Italian island on the way back (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DORA (animated young explorer) in (visits) ELBA (Italian island) reversed (on the way back) Sometimes ‘animated young explorer’ means just that!
Exaggerated performance from dame put him off (6,2,2)
Sticky stuff starts to get under new keyboard (4)
Conservative, having been found out, fell to pieces (8)
Soften some Lahore lentils (6)
Rodent, one escaping from silky fabric (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I (one) removed (escaping) from VOILE (silky fabric) Couldn’t see past MOLE and TOILE. Then I finally remembered Debussy’s VOILES.
Elected Republican in Springfield is hard work (8)
Reportedly nothing large eaten by one American sea creature (8)
100ml drained from head swelling (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DL (100ml [= 1 dl]) removed (drained) from NODDLE (head) I kept thinking ‘head’ was NOODLE and couldn’t see how this worked.
Monstrous female pair denied promotion (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PR (pair) removed from (denied) PROGRESS (promotion)
Literary fragments smart guy introduced to workers (8)
American uncle knocked back first of home brew (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SAM (American uncle) reversed (knocked back) + first letter (first) of HOME
Criminal force probes chap instructed by director (10)
Seaside fanatic, we hear, that's brown dressed in shell suit (8)
English daisy festival (6)
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Tehran's ready to turn up in support of feminine talent (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
RIAL (Tehran’s ready) reversed (to turn up) under (in support of) F (feminine)
Normandy favourite arrived right on time to receive honour (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CAME (arrived) R (right) + (on) T (time) around (to receive) MBE (honor)
Little squiffy? (6)
Saturday's client ordered a book case for a violinist (1,5,2,7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SATURDAY’S CLIENT anagrammed (ordered) Never having read the Sherlock Holmes books, I did not know that he played the violin.
Making show — and opera, potentially (2,6)
Guardian article on haircare product (5)
Learning about key battleground at the eastern front (9)
Pop called each day within confines of office (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
RANG (called) EA (each) D (day) in (within) first and last letters (confines) of OFFICE
Stretches grammatical constructions (9)
Florida witch doctor exorcising a bully (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
FLA (Florida) + SHAMAN (witch doctor) without (exorcising) A A reference to Harry Flashman, who I’ve never heard of.
Rhubarb cake (6)
What about time in charge of moral code? (5)
Slithy character burying Romeo's valuable collection (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TOVE (slithy character) around (burying) R (Romeo) Jabberwocky is perhaps the only poem I can recite from memory.
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