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Squirm with embarrassment initially about Republican (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
WITH + E {mbarrassment} [initially] containing [about] R (Republican)
What goes over goalie's head annoyed pub (8)
Fetish involving India and its martial art (3-5)
Noah's craft finally disappeared in a desert for its resting place (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
AR{k} (Noah’s craft) [finally disappeared] contained by [ in] A + RAT (desert). According to the Bible, Noah’s Ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat now located in modern-day Turkey.
Optimist that is swallowing what's periodically in tabloid (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ID EST (that is) containing [swallowing] {t}A{b}L{o}I{d} [periodically]
What's upset Lakeland, losing a lake town there (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Anagram [upset] of L{a}KE{l}AND [losing a lake]. Separate deletions this time (cf. 9ac)! Kendal is a town in the vicinity of Lakeland, officially called the Lake District National Park. It’s famous for its mint cake.
Expedition as made by river in London? (8)
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À LA (as made by – in the style of ), then R (river) contained by [in] CITY (London?)
Gemstone's old, needing polish put back (4)
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O (old), then LAP (polish) reversed [put back]. SOED: lap – polish with a lap – a rotating disc for cutting or polishing gems or metal. The answer was obvious but I needed to look up ‘lap’ afterwards to understand the wordplay.
More than one cyclone runs out of force (4)
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{f}LOWS (runs) [out of force – f]. Collins: low (meteorology) – an atmospheric low-pressure system; cyclone. Another clue that gave me problems.
Is meal, no, for cooking? (8)
Coat woody plant after removing bark? (6)
Such as semicolon, dash and closing parenthesis come into play (8)
Biblical figure, one involved with Leah and Jacob primarily (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Anagram [involved] of I (one) LEAH J{acob} [primarily]
The Spanish isle and Gibraltar the French appropriate (8)
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EL (‘the’ Spanish), I (isle), GIB (Gibraltar – informally), LE (‘the’ French)
Perhaps copper worker is after material (8)
Match ends of telomere in germ cell (6)
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Work to support two gods denying a fall from heaven? (8)
What's erected at regularly-visited Jumna by prince? (3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
AT reversed [erected], J{u}M{n}A [regularly-visited], HAL (prince, at least according to Shakespeare). I’ve underlined most of the clue as I’m not sure what the definition is. The Taj Mahal was erected at Agra which stands on the River Jumna and it’s certainly regularly visited. I don’t think the prince is part of it.
Free additional note with one hundred invested (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
EXTRA (additional) + TE (note) containing [with…] I (one) + C (hundred) […invested]
Pushback from result of bad shop fitting? (15)
Witchcraft is unfortunate outside church (7)
Composer gets over a setting of part of War and Peace (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BORODIN (composer), O (over). The battle of Borodino is a central theme in Tolstoy’s novel War and Peace.
Hardhearted laws succeeded — around half of them (8)
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RULES (laws) + S (succeeded) containing [around] TH{em} [half]
Rear seal for making garments (9)
Old poem, for instance source of Home Thoughts, from Abroad? (8)
What's in decanter I ordered earlier? (8)
US city can regularly dig some use of old-world language (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LA (US city), TIN (can), {d}I{g} S{o}M{e} [regularly]
Long wait around where some have crashed when travelling? (5-3)
Leak part of cross-reference (7)
Type letters or click words in the clue