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Is sign of hesitation about position leading to confrontation? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IS plus ER as sign of hesitation reversed (about) plus STANCE for position
A page gone over for homework (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Roughly 50% of the time these days A cryptically leads to PER, as here. Add P[age] and reverse (gone over) for the stuff you prepare at home for the dog to eat before not presenting it at school.
Flair shown by the old man capturing an iconic fighter (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Old man is PA, insert AN and add CHE, more elegantly than usual presented as an iconic fighter.
Insignificant number getting married in a cathedral ultimately? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
NO for number plus M[arried] IN A {cathedra]L last letter.
Most formal mega-performer, I boxed (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A mega-performer is a STAR. I boxed produces I in a CHEST.
First person said to be tiny (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
First person plural or royal is WE, which sounds like our answer when said. We are for once spared micturition.
Get fine and quarrel, say, for creating litter? (6)
Something big in the drink — a drink swallowed by idiot (8)
Perhaps sinner and saint going out — they often meet in the dark (8)
One small female in here represented? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I have this down as an &lit: a heifer is a young cow, and I (one) F[emale] in an anagram (represented) of HERE provides the construction.
Head dismissing learner as fool (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A LOAF is slang for a head, from which your remove the L[earner]
Being unrealistic about claims made by trader and performer? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
So a trader says I DEAL and a performer says I SING.
Name in past given to soldiers, eg, The Great (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The additional name given to certain people to indicate their character or excellence: here, for example, Alfred, Peter or Catherine. N[ame] in AGO from past plus MEN for soldiers.
Like some leaves — last bits of the autumn put in box (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Such leaves have more or less scalloped edges. Last letters of [th]E [autum]N placed inside another box, this time a CRATE
Flower carried by glamorous entertainer (4)
Crane has wing half visible, one in French river (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Is it a bird? Is it a fish? Is it an insect? it’s…a bird. I assume wing is SIDE, half gone, then it’s I (one) in MOSELLE, the French river.
Down
It's reportedly packaged and sent (4)
Politician beginning to speak with queen about international organisation (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Topically the international organisation is NATO, within S[peak] and ER for our late Queen.
Sad moralist upset about church putting priests on a pedestal? (13)
Supply help as leading characters (6)
Start of Christmas with trading opportunity on the up for light units (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Start of C[hristmas] and AND (with) and SALE for trading opportunity reversed (on the up).
What's authentic about modern library facility? (7)
Bill's solution penetrates synthetic materials (10)
Unquestioned supremacy not a condition to set the world alight? (13)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
So if you’re matchless you can’t set the world, or anything else, alight.
Follower's ace lie — time to go before fuss (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Which I had last time I blogged. This time it’s A[ce] plus FICTION for lie, without its T[ime] plus a ADO for fuss.
Prisoner terribly inert, with deprivation no end (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
An anagram (terribly) of INERT plus NEED for deprivation with its D deleted.
Makes good wines — merriment in store (7)
Bird enthusiast wanting story heard (7)
Fury a reader fails to finish (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The classic Furies are Tisiphone, Alecto and Megaera. Ours is created when a reader, A LECTOR fails to finish.
One of the old people, this writer, requiring editor's intervention (4)
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