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Rob in Edinburgh being shown round small flat, perhaps (10)
Leave out leading role not quite recalled? (4)
Virtual reality encapsulates computer that does drawing in fine scale (7)
Pub opened up by Ripon's centre lures initially like a magnet (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BAR (pub) contains [opened up by] {R}IPO{n}(’s centre) + L{ures} [initially]
Note second king's essential offering is frankincense? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
RE (note), S (second), {k}IN{g} [’s essential offering]. I knew frankincense from the nativity story but had no idea that it’s a resin.
One granny and current companion, not quick (9)
Unfair criticism of tiny museum? (3,4,2,4,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
This expression describes something or someone that is unattractive, plain, or visually uninteresting. It implies a lack of beauty, impressiveness, or striking features, so in that sense ‘un-fair’. A mildly cryptic definition adds its support.
One's getting on running famed clan events (4-11)
Drinks manufacturer's unit not so active following end of Covid (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{Covi}D {end of…], I (unit), STILLER (not so active)
Drive MP out with lie (5)
A little gnocchi, antipasto and wine (7)
A Queen song which may contain lots of bass (7)
Regularly rougher mining area (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
R{o}U{g}H{e}R [regularly]. An industrial area of Germany.
Maintain a cut during glut (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A, then SEVER (cut) contained by [during] SATE (glut). Both words can mean to assert or to state something emphatically.
Down
Clergymen always in tears (9)
City district losing hospital (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PARIS{h} (district) [losing hospital]
Task in surveying awfully unoriginal tat (13)
End of fish after lake is become tainted (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TARN (small mountain lake), IS, {fis}H [end of…]
Throbbing effect of old instrument nearly broken by bad child (7)
Trail ringing university that's some distance outside US city (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MILE (some distance) contains [outside], WAKE (trail) containing [ringing] U (university)
Bear eating last of layer cake (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TOTE (bear – carry) containing [eating] {laye}R [last of…]
What royal needs to succeed, proper routine, eg being ordered (13)
Poem with a message is surprisingly select hit (9)
Turn on appeal badly introduced by gallery (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IT (sex appeal) + ILL (badly) contained [introduced] by TATE (gallery)
Evil genius saving notes for capital (7)
Managed overturning estimate in recount (7)
Stage design has company surrounded by rising colour (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CO (company), contained [surrounded] by RED (colour) reversed [rising]. I didn’t know the word as applied specifically to stage design, but Collins and POD give it a separate entry.
Parents taking in Republican city (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PA + MA (parents) containing [taking in] R (Republican)
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