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Dancer originally bringing over pages overcome by drink (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
B{ringing} + O{ver} [originally] + PP (pages), contained [overcome] by BEER (drink)
US native former pupil caught breaking into club (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
OB (former pupil – Old Boy) + C (caught) contained by [breaking into] BAT (club)
Feudal lord's notice binding English and French way back (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SIGN (notice) containing [binding] E (English), then RUE (French way – street) reversed [back]. Assembled from wordplay. I didn’t really know this word as it’s 13 years since it last appeared here.
Very small rodents skinned by a cat (6)
Sample adverse notices unhappily (5,7)
Avoid western state, missing borders especially at first (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{n}EVAD{a} (western state) [missing borders], then E{specially} [at first]
Suffering joint pain in part of house — area at the top, say (9)
American guys accepting goal, beginning to table revision (9)
Laxative former queen's brought from the East (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
ANNE’S (former queen’s) reversed [brought from the East]. I note that after years of being clued as ‘queen’, Anne has become a former queen, presumably to go with ER who is now referred to as ‘former’ more often than not. I’ve never seen the point of this as the title and cipher of a Monarch live on after their demise, and more generally historical references do not need to be qualified as such.
Balanced interaction of joint priesting? (2-10)
Extract not allowed on the radio? (6)
Recipient of gift from teacher, a right-winger (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DON (teacher), A, TORY (right-winger). I don’t think I knew this word and it has not appeared here before, but it seems a reasonable derivative of ‘donor’. SOED says it’s used mainly in legal jargon.
American tug, extremely effective (6)
Baltic statesman's son entertained by public school type (8)
Down
Attempt to criticise party (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A triple definition comes as welcome relief at this point
Absconders may jump this bar on cricket pitch (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
And now a double! Bails are the wooden bars / cross-pieces that sit on top of the wicket stumps.
Shut up monster securing end of war correspondent (3,6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PEN (shut up), FIEND (monster) containing [securing] {wa}R [end of…]
Rider's mission in great lake, finally undertaken in June (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
QUEST (mission) contained by [in] ERIE (great lake), then {undertake}N + {i}N + {Jun}E [finally]
Work on nervous twitch affecting vision (5)
Carrying out something on hand in Advent? (10)
Mechanic working in China, etc (10)
Flashy old gun French film director's carrying round university (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
O (old), STEN (gun), the TATI’S (French film director’s) containing [carrying] O (round) + U (university). We had Jacques Tati only last week, I think.
Ambassador taken in badly by a crude licentiousness (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
HE (ambassador) contained by [in] anagram [badly] of BY A CRUDE
Scottish accountant enticed a fellow Scot, perhaps (10)
Sweetener Virginia demanded in Greek character's business party (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
VA (Virginia) contained by [demanded in] MU’S (Greek character’s) + CO (business) + DO (party). I think ‘demanded’ is mainly for the surface reading. This is a type of sugar and I needed all the checkers to bring it to mind.
Seedy bar hosting Republican campaign (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DIVE (seedy bar) containing [hosting] R (Republican)
Energy starts to benefit industrial region with low productivity (4)
Some fancy another shade (4)
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