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When acting clumsily journalist is overcome by remorse (7)
What's left after touching electricity supply? (7)
What bacilli regularly can make you (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
every other letter from (regularly) bAcIlLi. I scanned this one quickly looking for somewhere to get a start, and bunged in ‘ill’. 1dn showed me the error, eventually.
Frank has cut short walk clutching right shoe (5,3,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
all but the last of (cut short) WALk, containing all of RT (right) + SANDAL (shoe).
Britain for one day leading way, finally (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MON (day) + ARCH (leading) + last of (finally) waY.
Pretended to beg money from speaker (6)
Very loud goodbye from texter leads to slap! (4)
Mother keeping small object in hatch (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MATER (mother) containing (keeping) S (small), then MIND (object). I spend a while trying to justify term=object (from maths/computing or the like), then wondering where the D came from / why DAM was reversed.
Outside help needed with repair, surprisingly (10)
Uncertain period after expulsion of old member (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LIMBo (uncertain period), minus (after the expulsion of) O (old).
Modest earnings for salesperson, potentially a predator (6)
Delegating eg pundit for broadcast (8)
Making disclosure about an old soldier's farewell (5-6)
Husband turning to one during the match (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
‘h’ replaced by (turning to) I (one) in ThE.
Get down tips on symphony for composer (7)
Left winger beginning to backtrack, as requested (2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
RED (left winger) + ROOT (beginning), all reversed (to backtrack).
Down
Bloodless revolution for agents capturing base (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
reversal of (revolution for) CIA (agents) containing MEAN (base).
Classic beauty peculiar to English female — only her (5,2,4)
Gracious thing that I should keep! (2,4)
Villain in film shoot, female, interrupted by very short commercial (5,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DART (shoot), then HER (female) containing (interrupted by) V (very) with AD (short commercial).
Grew flower: one used for spray? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
triple definition, the last pertaining to the device attached to the end of a watering can.
Government department tax giving certain cars priority (8)
Great part of Crete seen during holidays (3)
In depression collecting pounds in aid of English city (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SAD (in depression) containing (collecting) all of L (pounds) + FOR (in aid of).
Lay egg, fine on reflection, as one must eat (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
UNITED (as one) contains (must eat) NIT (egg) with AI (A1, fine) reversed. UNI(NIT)(AI<)TED.
General way to assess meaning (10)
Place not so clean (8)
Cream light source is preserved (7)
Stomach infection introduces source of irritation (7)
Extremely enthusiastic piece first to highlight boring essay (4,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
GUN (piece), then first of Highlight contained by (boring) GO (try, essay).
Unknown quantity, some clown (4)
White garment turning up in shrubland (3)
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