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Biblical character appearing in different accounts (5)
Main views of America's capital — son flies around it (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
S (son) + ESCAPES (flies) containing [around] A (America’s capital)
Politicians follow this pretentious Liberal with long clothing (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PINE (long) containing [clothing] ARTY (pretentious) + L (Liberal)
Girl in part of Lorraine's territory (5)
Two newspapers with good quality info on music (4,9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TIMES + I (two newspapers), G (good), NATURE (quality). Usually two numbers, one over the other, at the beginning of a piece of music or in the course of it, indicating the number of beats per bar and the value of each beat. Despite what I have seen in some dictionaries this has no bearing on the tempo of the piece; that’s covered by words such as Allegro, Adagio etc.
Tuber is more peculiar, cut the wrong way (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ODDE{r} (more peculiar) [cut] reversed [the wrong way]. AKA ‘taro’ apparently, or more interestingly ‘elephant’s ear’. In keeping with tradition, whenever EDDO appears I assert that I never heard of it before. The TfTT archive confirms I said this in December 2021 and re a puzzle I blogged myself in 2009.
Driver's encouraging utterance, injecting a gas (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CHEER (encouraging utterance) containing [injecting] A + RIOT (gas – both slang for ‘fun’)
Having extraordinary perception, possibly I elect to maintain course (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Anagram [possibly] of I ELECT containing [to maintain] PATH (course)
Tips from arty quintet unoriginally aping Kind of Blue (4)
Swell financier in case of enquiry for charlatanism (13)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MOUNT (swell), then BANKER ( financier) contained by [in] E{nquir}Y [case of …]
Child beginning to suck kind of rock (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
S{uck} (beginning to …], PROG (kind of rock music). I really didn’t want to be reminded so soon of last Wednesday’s ‘sprig / sprog’ debacle!
Quite slowly, run through poor part of Los Angeles? (9)
Addressing persistent problem with temperance, drained drink again (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
RE (addressing – on the subject of), HYDRA (persistent problem), T{emperanc}E [drained]. Hydra was the mythical monster that kept regrowing its multiple heads as they were chopped off.
Circe's heart captured by enchanter one linked with Homer (5)
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People getting treatment join in wearing underwear (2-8)
You might inspire this song (3)
Most retiring from business having OK time (6)
Bandage put on tot, one firing missiles across the pond (9)
Fake laugh takes in Wolves' captain? (5)
Entertainer to practise deception in court? (8)
Like a playwright's irritation about Sterne novel (11)
Feature of underworld crook's perhaps reaching our ears (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Aural wordplay [reaching our ears]: STYX (a river in Hades) / “sticks” (crook’s). Collins: crook – a staff with a hooked end, such as a bishop’s crosier or shepherd’s staff.
Late winter period possibly framing occasionally duller literary setting (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MID-MARCH (late winter period possibly) containing [framing] D{u}L{l}E{r} [occasionally]. Middlemarch is the setting for the book of the same name by George Eliot.
Challenge for climbers changing gear on sides of slippery, icy area (6,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Anagram [changing] of GEAR, S{lipper}Y [sides of …], POLE (icy area)
Make good rum — and beer is drunk (9)
Touring Portugal on vacation, Rose was extravagant (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SURGED (rose) containing [touring] P{ortuga}L [on vacation]
It's doubtful absorbing books will show number of patriots (6)
US city tours, at intervals, covering large area (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
T{o}U{r}S [at intervals] containing [covering] L (large), then A (area). Known to me courtesy of Gene Pitney.
Person at sea embraces Saint Nicholas, say (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TAR (person at sea – sailor) contains [embraces] S (saint)
Go off climbing — this peak? (3)
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