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Trader Mike in predicament with church spreading bombast (5,8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Place NATO’s M[ike] inside SCRAPE for predicament, then let CH[urch] spread open RANT for bombast.
Nimble mole checking run (4)
Post-defeat, again rallying Germany about call involving press (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
GER[many] backwards (about) then RING for call with OUP (Oxford University Press ) inserted.
Coveted property pair has left in excellent Suffolk village (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I’m saying coveted property is PRIZE, remove the P[ai]R and insert into SWELL for excellent. Sizewell is, these days, better known for its nuclear reactors, currently working up to version C.
Tries ecstasy, the ultimate transport for some? (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Macabre humour here. Tries give HEARS, and ecstasy supplies the E.
Notorious meal in most unsuitable boozer (4,6)
Leaving hotel, family lying about identity (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
My last in, because I couldn’t see how SHELF had anything to do with family. It does when you turn it round (lying about). Remove the H[otel]
Initially Sweep, a dog, snubbed Sooty? This could be so (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The first letter of Sooty, plus MUTT cut short (snubbed). The reference is to to Harry Corbett’s glove puppets, Sweep the dog and Sooty, a sort of bear that did magic tricks. Innocent days of TV.
Vulgar, lawless half of crowd's rioting (5-5)
Bears receiving treats every so often as bait (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Bears is just HAS. Insert the even letters of tReAtS. That meaning of bait.
Gradually winch me aloft, but not to the full extent (8)
RIP, weightlifter? Sentimental stuff (4-6)
Live next-door to new unknown engineer (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Live is BE, add N[ew] and Z for your unknown (alongside X and Y)
UK business magnate having previously made rare volatile crystalline product (8,5)
Down
Complaint from south Taipei came unexpectedly (11)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
An anagram (unexpectedly) of S[outh] TAIPEI CAME.
Verse in song of praise briefly adopted by army corps (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Song of praise HYMN, but cut short. The R[oyal] E[ngineers] the army corps that takes in the letters.
Seemingly ceaseless repeat Rumpole regularly broadcast (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
An anagram (broadcast) of REPEAT with the even letters of rUmPoLe. Current reruns are on Great! TV.
European going on vacation with only half of blasted drink (3,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
E[puropean] plus and emptied out G[oin]G plus half of FLIPping, a minced version of blasted.
Clergy unwilling to be led by agnostic's conclusion (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Unwilling is LOTH, the last letter of agnostiC supplies the C.
Complain bitterly about being shown up following software evaluation (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
You need to derive AS from being, reverse it (shown up) and place it in RAIL for complain bitterly. Put APP for software ahead of the construction.
Cask enthusiast rolled over (3)
Novel form of alarm sirens (5,6)
Four-letter word, eg "tart", deplorably supported by beastly male (9)
Trots round public leisure area with yellow covers? (2-7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The numeration looks odd: I’d expect a hyphen or no gap at all. Anyway, it’s REDS for Trots(kyites) around REC for public leisure area, and OR (heraldic) yellow.
Perhaps one who quickly moves a tiny distance (7)
Delivered fine cut (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Aural wordplay (delivered) of SHEER from fine.
Fighter protects revolutionary British gangland boss, say (2,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Fighter is MIG, and BR[itish] reversed fills in the required letters.
Journalist bagging last of lion's share (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Journalist is, of course, ED, and the inserted last letter of lioN completes. Surprisingly, Chambers’ first definition of end is “the last point or portion”, so share is reasonable.
Type letters or click words in the clue