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Animals no end of a nuisance (4)
Dropping in Nana, Barrie's first dog, for surgery (10)
Appears to admit verses' decency (10)
Border in London Fields? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I assume this is &lit, a cockney version of HEDGE.
Beside the water, a second lizard (6)
Puritan clubs fish (8)
Ready to tear back from office (4)
Scullion cleaned out a special potty in slow motion (6,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
S[cullio]N, (A SPECIAL)*.
Struggle to catch film titles, like Miss Saigon? (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
VIE = struggle, insert ET (film) NAMES (titles).
Pot eventually gets everyone high (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
[po]T, ALL = everyone.
About to be affected by a loveless taunt that's unbecoming (5,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IN FOR A DIG would be about the be affected by a taunt, remove the O = “loveless”. Short for infra dignitatem, Latin for below (one’s) dignity.
One is set on starter of avocado in runny paste (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A[vocado] inside THIN = runny, add I = one.
Vessel departs, in what manner? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
D[eparts], HOW = in what manner?
Substantial fare from route taken by ocean liner? (4,6)
Flower in a hole, again at its limits like that (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A, GAP (hole), A[gai]N, THUS = like that.
Losing head, blowing motor race (4)
Down
Against, say, pressure connected with job (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
P for pressure, RE (connected with) POSITION = job.
Dropping off three characters in succession in channel (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SOLENT (channel between Southampton area and the Isle of Wight), insert O N M three consecutive letters of the alphabet (in reverse order, but it doesn’t say so!) EDIT I see if you start with the M not the first O they don’t need reversing.
Comes down as dawn breaks (7)
Anglicans hire me to translate this speech (8,7)
Strip of French ground around Left Bank in Paris (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DE (of, French) SOIL (ground), insert P (the left “bank” = letter, of Paris).
Somewhat cylindrical little creature (5)
Diver trapped by icebergs moving northwards (5)
Part of digestive system is in fact now free of foreign bodies (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
COLON IS all inside in DEED = in fact.
Touch a lip to smear oil (9)
Sailor and cook joining employees in corporation (7)
Attracts several taking part in apprenticeship (7)
God bringing rain, and where it may go cyclically (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Hindu God of the weather. cycle the DRA to the front, rain goes down the drain.
Areas for discussion about large section of Life on Earth (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
FORA (Latin plural of forum) has L inserted.
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