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A clerk's odd half-cut hairstyle (10)
House record label is after soprano initially (4)
Irritate insect lover (7)
Fabled hill that is found in South Dakota (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TOR (hill) + IE (that is) contained by [found in] SD (South Dakota)
Censure those people around India with second religious belief (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PAN (censure), THEM (those people) containing [around] I (India) + S (second)
Star turn caught by everyone (5)
Staff take more time to deal with deliveries (5)
Tropical fruit tree has thorn protecting bunch? (5,4)
Those against hollowed out universal support — who was asked? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CONS (those against), U{niversa}L [hollowed out], TEE (support)
Become very warm when in decay (5)
Trembling like mother of cygnets (5)
Note to perform vocally, ignoring small tremolo (9)
Big figures of company deficit — with little current (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CO (company), LOSS (deficit), I (little – abbreviation of – current)
Poling a boat topless round back of Trinity? It needed this first (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{p}UNTING (poling a boat) [topless] containing [round] {Trinit}Y [back of…]. A nice surface, as those familiar with Cambridge will know that Trinity is one of the colleges that backs on to the River Cam, a stretch that’s popular for punting in the city centre and referred to locally as ‘The Backs’.
Responsibility assigned to under-secretary (4)
Become a minister and submit to PM's whims? (4,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A straight definition with a cryptic hint in support
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Small dog I had raised to excavate (3,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PUG (small dog) + I’D reversed [raised]
Duke, perhaps, stealing wife from another one? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{w}ELLINGTON (another one – Duke – Arthur Wellesley was the famous one) [stealing wife]
Sheer quality of Sunshine Soap ad being broadcast (14)
Holds good bastion in the wars (7)
Reported hoard found on lake in mountainous region (7)
Watching and complying with missing outside broadcast (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{ob}EYING (complying with) [missing outside broadcast – OB]
Dig tunnel badly, revealing some tolerance (9)
Pottery company relocates — worry for breakage (5,9)
Author book company lifted — about chapters one and two finally (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
B (book), CO (company) reversed [lifted], CA (about), C + C (chapters), I (one), {tw}O [finally]
Stress appeal is to be found in children's book heroine (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IT (appeal), then IS contained by [to be found in] ALICE (children’s book heroine)
Drink cuppa with most of cinnamon roll eaten (7)
One moved out day before receiving a signal (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
EVE (day before) containing [receiving] A + CUE (signal)
The French put in more meat with rice dish (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LA (the in French) contained by [put in] PIÙ (more – musical direction). Yes, a pilau dish does not have to contain meat but often does.
Chokes eating English plums (5)
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