Across
Mike quits Cambridge, running home for a lark? (8)
Forger's work that is collected by king (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
OP (opus, work) and I.E. (that is) all contained (collected) by CR (Charles Rex, king).
Angelic boy too much out of bed on reflection (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
OTT (over the top, too much) and UP (out of bed), all reversed (on reflection). Not a word in my ken, but mercifully clued. Like a cupid?
Roguish club made to look Victorian, perhaps opening for expats (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
REPRO (reproduction, made to look Victorian perhaps) BAT (club), then the first of (opening for) Expats.
Max often removed hateful clothes, and there they are! (5,2,3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PEAK (max) + OFT (often), all of which SHED (removed) + EVIL (hateful) contains (clothes).
Notice bad habit which professional might help you with (6)
You shouldn't have run home after mother, little monkey (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TA (you shouldn’t have), than R (run) + IN (home) after MA (mother).
Surface damage on minute gold musical ornament (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
DENT (surface damage) on M (minute) + OR (gold). One of the testers for me, as this is yet more vocabulary I am unfamiliar with. A fancy sort of grace note preceding the principal note, in case you too didn’t know.
Easy catch but making it is relative (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SitTER (easy catch) with ‘it’ replaced with IS (making ‘it into ‘is’).
Bad acne blights rude tattoo's location (9,6)
Convenient telecoms facility spread far underground, south to west (5,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
LAID DEEP (spread far underground) + S (south), all reversed (to west).
As a result of this coming through kitchen ceiling (5)
Frustrated guy with kids stuck with that woman (6)
Bear allowed little running water (8)
Down
Skirt father made lasts for countless parties (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BY PA (father-made), then the last letters of countlesS and partieS.
Perish climbing rocky peak (3)
Notice sage right at the top? (9)
Irish mistake swallows for larger African species (7)
Duck pen in history (2,3)
Thoughtless, stripping Artex inside during run-up to Christmas (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
middle letters from (stripping) aRTEx, contained by (inside) IN (during) and ADVENT (run-up to Christmas).
White lies disguised with grin (8)
Result you note after baking (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
U (you) + P.S. (note after) + HOT (baking).
Crooked seller denies disposing of one English antiquity in person (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of (crooked) SeLLER DENIES, after removing (disposing of) one of the letters ‘e’ (English).
Whiskers surely hurt except the end bits (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MUST (surely) then ACHe (hurt) minus the last (end) + I and O (one and nought, bits). Smelling blood, I hubristically entered ‘moustache’ and moved on.
Son diving in bubbled away gently underwater (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
‘s’ (son) moves downwards (diving) in SIMMERED (bubbled away gently).
Box that might arrive at any time? (6)
Learner spread chaos left and right (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of (spread) CHAOS + L + R (left and right).
Due extended dry patch (6)
Move, say, knight up (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
E.G. (say) and DUB (knight), all reversed (up).
Score for your team immediately after kick-off (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
this went straight in, but now I’m not sure I understand it! I think it’s just a cryptic definition. As in, the score is zero at kick-off. But why ‘your’? I suppose the score would be described as ‘nil-nil’ otherwise?
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