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Wine added to menu at a fancy gastropub perhaps (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PORT (wine), anagram [fancy] of MENU AT A. Gastropub is an example of a portmanteau word, i.e. one which blends the sounds and meanings of two others, in this case ‘gastronomy’ (relating to good food) and ‘pub’.
Venomous sort, privileged American leaving wife (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{W}ASP (privileged American) [leaving wife]. Let’s move on …
Guru a bad actor backing Sunak? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A + HAM (bad actor) reversed [backing], RISHI (Sunak – former PM)
Some constables sit around smoking in van (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
POS~E (sit) containing [around] S{moking} [in van – upfront]
Writer backtracks during sport discussion online (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
NIB (writer) reversed [backtracks] contained by [during] WE~AR (sport)
Leak stopper ready to check a computer network (7)
Romeo recovered from relationship with wanderer (5)
Head coach wasting time — trivial problem (2-7)
One wearing this, also tattered, and repellent pants? (9)
Sound wheel on German vehicle? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
AUDI (German vehicle), O (wheel)
Suspension of legal action established many new cases (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Anagram [new] of MAN~Y contains [cases] EST (established)
Used head in familiar address (3,4)
Caught fierce Siberian beast in its habitat? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Oral wordplay [caught] TAIGA (its habitat) / “tiger” (fierce Siberian beast). Taiga is the swampy coniferous forest of high northern latitudes, especially that between the tundra and steppes of Siberia. I didn’t know that tigers live there but they do, sometimes referred to as the Siberian tiger, or more commonly, the Amur tiger. The definition refers back.
Disaffected by article aide lent out (9)
Female finally able to avoid boomerangs (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{abl}E + {t}O + {avoi}D [finally] is reversed [boomerangs]. A female deer, but not how the musical note is spelt.
What might be Cox's first offence? (6,5)
Down
Dog and Duck opening in the afternoon (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
0 (duck – nil / zero) contained by [opening] P~M (in the afternoon). Pomeranian.
Alcohol treatment centre male in pub recalled? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
HE (male) contained by [in] BA~R (pub) all reversed [recalled]
Seafarer, one carried by a British fleet into French sea (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I (one) contained [carried] by A + R~N (British fleet – Royal Navy) all contained by [into] M~ER (French for ‘sea’)
Sinners go crazy for in-your-face jewellery (4-5)
Greek fellow travelled by ship to north, avoiding delta (5)
City University wing housing ministerial aide (7)
A bishop in disgrace made Lenten observance? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A, B (bishop), STAINED (in disgrace). In Christianity it’s a custom to deprive oneself of something usually pleasurable during Lent.
Legendary ruler runs into trouble with gents across the pond? (7,4)
Sympathetic what with dreamer being devastated (4-7)
One secretly adored servant enclosing note, in love at last (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
VALE~T (servant) containing [enclosing] N (note), then IN, {lov}E [at last]
Croatian neighbour welcoming to New Englander (9)
With a will the nation gives up heroin (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
T{h}E + STATE (nation) [gives up heroin – h]
Norse work returned and revised for supplements (7)
Arsenic brought in still something bakers use? (5)
Finish your food warm, not hot (3,2)
What may colour out-of-body experience somewhat (3)
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