Across
Notice restricting South American oil producer (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
See (notice) insert S[outh] AM[erican].
Hours playing instrument around centre of Turkish port (4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
H[ours], ON (playing), GONG (instrument), insert [tur]K[ish].
For Degas, what encapsulates a rehearsal for dance (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
QUE (French for what, which) encapsulates A DRILL.
Struggle to cut into circular decoration (5)
Self-confidence of son and I leaving US city (3)
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SAN DIEGO loses S AND I. Took me a while to see this parsing although I had ego written in.
Cut securing debutant's fourth six? Score is three, officially (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TRIM (cut), insert U (fourth letter of debutant), VI (six) RATE (score).
Sway having injected drug using needle (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SWING = sway, insert E the ever useful drug in these cases.
Baffling murder requiring input of Met's chief skin specialist? (7)
Turned up, squeezing in behind a table (7)
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UP turned = PU, insert LATE (behind), A. Table Mountain, perhaps, it’s flat on top.
Ancient silver? Journalist has look around inside (3-3)
Where one might eat breakfast in bed later, possibly around noon? (6,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
(IN BED LATER)* with N inserted. Why one would eat breakfast at the dinner table seems strange, the breakfast seems superfluous to me, but has to be in the definition else it has no place in the clue.
Runs away from active spot (3)
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SPRY loses R.
Cloth piece at back (5)
I wondered about cover for retirement? (9)
Reprimand hound that's biting its wound (8)
Lacking hat, female goes inside (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BERET a hat, insert F for female.
Down
Follow-up question university dons understand less to begin with (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SEE (understand) with Q U (question university) inserted, L the beginning of less.
Very quiet period — senior citizen's absorbed in TV show (4,5)
Earn millions twirling flag (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
M[illions], TIRE (flag) reversed.
No way out initially — really stiff around side of mechanism (4,2,4,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
O[ut], VERY DEAD BODY = really stiff, insert M from Mechanism.
Thanks key Republican point of view in speech (9)
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G (a key), R (Republican), ATITUDE sounds like attitude.
One having tomahawk for protection? (5)
Guards regularly, for example, set up test kit (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
G[u]A[r]D[s]. EG reversed, TRY = test.
Displaying target on ship's structural support (6,8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
flying = displaying, as for a flag; BUTT = target; RE = on, SS = steamship.
Lacking finesse, fielder dismisses opener, and shortly before tea, it's reported (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
[f]INE LEG = a fielding position in cricket; AN[d], T.
I'm standing up in case somebody makes significant point (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I’M reversed; LEST = in case; ONE = somebody.
Sea goes around island in vast wave (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
MED (sea) reversed > DEM, insert into EPIC = vast, also insert I for island. An epidemic is a bit more that a wave, isn’t it?
Young bird small seal caught (6)
Fighter, during the first month, ultimately going over the top (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
IN JAN being “in the first month, move the N to the front (last letter going over the top).
Strange start to episode one in Last of the Summer Wine (5)
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E[pisode], I inside [th]E [summe]R [win]E.
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