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Polymath about to abandon snake markets (10)
Napoleon's rank Suchet ultimately took back (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
last of (ultimately) sucheT + ATE (took), all reversed (back). Rank, or state, in French.
Words of warning with which the 2016 Games were diplomatically secured? (4,3)
Stag fight in East London reported by Spooner (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Spoonerism of (as reported by Spooner) “bow ruck” (fight in East London).
Bessie expanded Hazel Nuts with Bite (9)
Every second of May, if only in Mayo (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Every other letter from mAy If OnLy In. I thought long and hard about where the definition would be if the answer were ‘afnna’.
Cream that's low on additives? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
few E-numbers, E-LITE (low on additives).
Officers provide recommendation for county (9)
His welcoming Henry with fine sporting show? (4,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
HIS containing (welcoming) all of H (Henry) + F (fine) inside (sporting) GIVE (show). Presumably an &lit that I’m not entirely getting?
Play absconding lovers in Handel opera (5)
Pasty, at an appropriate time, and whiskey to go (5)
Son with least money checks for reaction (4,5)
Computer section after grant to back business flyer (7)
Writer's written about open country by fell (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
POE (writer) containing (written about) LEA (open country) with X (by).
Fellow students heading off without looking at the score (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
bY EAR (without looking at the score) with its first removed (heading off). As in, ‘year group’.
All but striking oil here? (6,4)
Down
Shade of dark grey, essentially (5)
Overly suggestive of Siam, porcelain's reportedly phoney (3-6)
Quick as the sandpiper flies? (2,1,4,2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
cryptic hint, since apparently sandpiper=knot.
Covertly displacing crown, won't ambassador question groundless treason? (2,3,2)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
deleting the first of (displacing crown) wON’T + HE (His Excellency, ambassador) + Q (question) + Treason with ‘reason’ deleted (ground-less). From ‘ on the quiet’ or secretly.
First of samples in song's Led Zeppelin? (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
first letter from Samples in AIR (song) with HIP (followed latest trend, led). I think.
Runs with redirected tour around city (5)
What kidnappers may do is disagree (4,5)
Go out of one's mind, according to faculty? (14)
Having engaged new principal, they adapted style of governance (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of (adapted) THEY containing (having engaged) N (new) + ARCH (principal). A governance system in which a single ruler holds power over an ethnically homogenous group.
Choices for sweet couple with finale of Brief Encounter? (5,4)
Caller, please confirm five gold rings (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IS IT? (please confirm) which V (five) and OR (gold) contains (rings).
A little bit tense after members set up gym (7)
Healing involved getting this woman in (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I was guessing women’s names and had ‘Helen’ at first, until 27ac changed my mind. I think this is a reverse cryptic in which ‘this woman’ (HELGA) + ‘in’ is an anagram (involved) of ‘healing’.
Very healthy, having shifted old bulge (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
So WELL (very healthy) deleting (having shifted) ‘o’ (old).
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