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One telling stance about current balance (12)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
COUNTER (one telling), PO~SE (stance) containing [about] I (current). A teller may count out money in a bank, for example.
Criminals backing plan involving a little force (5)
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AI~M (plan) reversed [backing] containing [involving] A + F (little force – i.e. an abbreviation)
Area covered by scariest running and climbing route (9)
Remains of animals dead inside tree in stream (8)
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D (dead) contained by [inside] OA~K (tree), all contained by [in] R~ILL (stream)
Reverse, still limiting velocity (6)
Greed for money I had to follow up in financial centre (8)
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UP + I’D (I had) contained by [in] C~ITY (financial centre). I didn’t know this meaning although I now find it has appeared a few times over the years, including a puzzle I blogged in 2012 where it was defined as ‘avarice’. I wondered what it had to do with the god Cupid and found in addition to his erotic duties he is the god of desire more generally, and his name derives from the Latin cupidus meaning ‘eagerly desirous’.
Raised edge of tart gets half broken off (6)
Tough having part of transport network in decay (6)
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BUS (part of transport network) contained by [in] RO~T (decay)
Pneumatic weaving machine, reportedly a family treasure (8)
Everything eaten by ruminant is green (6)
My kind (8)
Medley I purport to play, containing little old (9)
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Anagram [to play] of I PURPORT containing O (little old i.e. an abbreviation). Definition and answer both mean a mixture of various things.
Do volunteer work in east (5)
Ancient relative emoting about boring member of religious community (12)
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Fine fabric mostly appeared reddish-brown but with no finish (7)
Palpably unfit, I worked out in calmness (14)
Line of song (5)
Firm concerned with a feature of liquidation? (8)
Not bothering with being right or wrong, am missing exam (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{am}ORAL (not bothering with being right or wrong) [‘am’ missing]
Weird Romeo outside Lima is a potential killer (9)
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STRANG~E (weird) + R (Romeo – phonetic alphabet) containing [outside] L (Lima – phonetic alphabet again]
US expert in what's excavated and moved to glean topsoil (14)
Police force report does not include American character (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MET (Metropolitan police force), T{a}LE (report) [does not include American]. ‘Met’ refers specifically to London police where the title was changed from ‘force’ to ‘service’ over a period that began maybe 25-30 years ago.
Is ace, say, following diamonds? Shame (9)
Wanting most of income after end of May (8)
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{Ma}Y [end of…], EARNING{s} (income) [most of…]
Something cooked and ready to eat around the city (6)
Mob with European manipulator (7)
Clever lads initially have comic (5)
I'm attached to outside of bowler? (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
B{owler}R [outside of…], I’M. I might risk praising this as a rather fine &lit (but as always, subject to the approval of the &lit police!)
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