Across
Singer's sad attempt to pick up start of recitative (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BLUE (sad), BID (attempt) containing [to pick up] R{ecitative} [start of…]
Hare-brained sort initially apt to make spiteful remarks (6)
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S{ort} [initially], CATTY (apt to make spiteful remarks)
Give up work, releasing son to hold sway (5)
Jerks following celebrities reflected meaningful study? (9)
Nothing absorbing on skin is unique (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
NIL (nothing) containing [absorbing] ON + PARE (skin – peel)
Dodge eastern fellow going west (5)
Emergency flight served by express elevator (7)
Religious teacher given time to chatter (6)
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RABBI (religious teacher), T (time)
Quick bite bishops demanded in middle of river (6)
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B+B (bishops) contained by [demanded in middle of] NILE (river). I’m not sure about ‘demanded’ here as it seems a bit excessive.
Chewy sweet painter fed to artiodactyl mammal (7)
Muslim lawyer's everyday clothing (5)
Sailor's right to lead managers (9)
Ruse devised by informer in theatre musical to begin with (9)
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RAT (informer) contained by [in] STAGE (theatre), M{usical} [to begin with]
Old wash round ears at first, and go (5)
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LAVE (old word for wash) containing [round] E{ars} [at first]
Chaperon about to arrive — retired woman (6)
National flag originally hoisted by crew (8)
Down
Cut of beef, one almost entirely fit for a nobleman (8)
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BARON (cut of beef), I (one), AL{l} (entirely) [almost]. Not a cut one hears much about these days but ‘The Baron of Beef’ is a rather good pub in Bridge Street, Cambridge.
University acceptable for workers' group (5)
Composer's predicament in African state — and his own, we hear (8,7)
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JAM (predicament) contained by [in] BENIN (African state), BRITTEN – aural wordplay [we hear] “Britain” (his own – BB’s native state)
Consider others, concealing muscle (7)
See beautiful girls cutting last of ornate flowers (10,5)
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CANTERBURY (see – cathedral city), BELL{e}S (beautiful girls) [cutting last of {ornat}e]
Neat, adopting Indonesian island's loyalty to race (9)
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TRIM (neat) containing [adopting] BALI’S (Indonesian island’s)
Servile types principally seen in Arabian republic (3,3)
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S{een} [principally] contained by [in] YEMEN (Arabian republic)
English thriller writer left in shade? (6)
Strengthen army corps having legal validity (9)
Move forward, carrying large club (8)
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BUDGE (move) + ON (forward) containing [carrying] L (large)
Junior officer's quarters good for stopping crime (6)
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E + N (quarters), then G (good) contained by [stopping] SIN (crime)
Attractive person, dear to the French, seizing power (7)
Note Clio, for example, departs, seeing the funny side (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A (note), MUSE (Clio, for example), D (departs)
Wake-up call in the style of the jollies? (5)
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À LA (in the style of), RM (the jollies – Royal Marines)
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