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A French litter-bearer, possibly old, but in good nick (9)
What boozer, on reflection, has to accept? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BAR (boozer) reversed (on reflection) around (has to accept) EH (what) I totally missed this parsing while solving, but gosh, if this clue isn’t perfection, what is?
Team left behind close to tears in stadium (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
L (left) after (behind) last letter of (close to) TEARS in ARENA (stadium)
University dons learnt about not taking sides (7)
Something occurring twice revealed in letters from 1770s (5)
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hidden twice in (twice revealed in letters from) SEVENTEEN SEVENTIES (1770s)
Government satisfied with introduction of new account (9)
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STATE (government) MET (satisfied) around (with introduction of) N (new)
Conservative receives millions for great opening (5)
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C (conservative) HAS (receives) M (millions)
Popular man had to keep one part suppressed (9)
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IN (popular) HE’D (man had) around (to keep) I (one) BIT (part)
Rodent chewed up house and border in garden (9)
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GROUND (chewed up) HO (house) + (and) first letter of (border in) GARDEN I would like to submit a humble boo hiss for ‘border in’ meaning ‘first letter of’. I imagine most of us thought it meant G{arde}N.
Vehicle's choice of routes at T-junction close to motorway (5)
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L OR R (choice of routes at T-junction) + last letter of (close to) MOTORWAY
Act as mediator keen on abandoning final decree out of hand (9)
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INTO (keen on) without the last letter (abandoning final) + DECREE anagrammed (out of hand)
Cut off coverage for viewer hosted by network provider (5)
Writer's still showing sign of depression? (7)
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I’M (writer’s) PRINT (still?)
Copy India and China harnessing computing resources (7)
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I (India) + (and) MATE (china) around (harnessing) IT (computing resources)
Career set back by firm failing to complete tender (5)
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RUN (career) reversed (set back) + (by) SET (firm) without last letter (failing to complete)
Outgoing SMS by madman has first letter appearing last (9)
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TEXT (SMS) + (by) RAVER (madman) with first letter at the end (has first letter appearing last) I know this spelling from the Myers-Briggs personality test — I followed the wordplay carefully, but fortunately the A was a checked letter, otherwise I imagine there would have been loads of errors.
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America finishes off peacekeeping force in practice (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
USA (America) last letters of (finishes off) PEACEKEEPING FORCE
Outlaw does perhaps bother to case empty shop (9)
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DEER (does perhaps) ADO (bother) around (to case) SHOP with middle letters removed (empty)
What may be used to blow up tiny figure? (9)
Rush to hold up craftsman's glossy flyer (9,6)
Cleaner of traps dishearteningly reassembled first of traps, not second (6,9)
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DISHEARTENINGLY anagrammed (reassembled) + first letter of TRAPS – second letter [of TRAPS] This is a very good find.
Course note published charges (5)
Mounted soldiers establish or secure borders (5)
Corporation's shipping had finally departed behind schedule (9)
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BELLY (corporation) is around (‘s shipping) ATE (had) + last letter of (finally) DEPARTED Tricky. Also not used to ‘shipping’ as a containment indicator.
Knowledge and awareness essentially about noticing changes (9)
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middle letter of (essentially) ABOUT + NOTICING anagrammed (changes)
Performer's short song encapsulating Ireland in verse (9)
Name belonging to partner regularly seen in Finnish, we're told (9)
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TERM (name) IN (belonging to) every other letter in (regularly seen) PARTNER Uh, is this legal? Definition by homophone? 😛 Also I’m not wild about IN = ‘belonging to’.
I'm grateful for every source that enlightens (5)
Jack's hearing about gripping lives (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
EAR (hearing) reversed (about) around (gripping) IS (lives)
Put up resistance after introduction of extremely shocking treatment (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
R (resistance) after first letter (introduction) of EXTREMELY + ECT (shocking treatment)
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