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Excellent bishop that's retired put to work since (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Excellent is ACE, add B[ishop] and reverse the ensemble, then add put to work: USE
Find Charlie back before Henry has left (4,2)
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I think this is C[harlie] plus HOME BY, which you expect your children to be “back before”, with the initial H for Henry deleted.
Try to get shiny gem with discount? (3)
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Select RUBY as your gem, and knock off the 25% as a discount. (Remove the Y!)
Small quantity of ink left in well (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Don’t waste time thinking of a synonym for INK. Just put it in a SPRING or well after supplementing it with an L[eft]
Fine pointer that's showing north west (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
So much time lost trying to make FARROW work, but it’s ARROW for pointer with N[orth] placed at its west end.
Fail to find gallery, say in error (8)
Spying device in place across area revealing behaviour (9)
Beautifully cut patch with a hole in it? (5)
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Just a CD. Reference golf (of) course.
Nifty pseudonym such as Dr Dre? (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Dr Dre is Andre Young, a rapper formerly with N.W.A. a combo which featured gangsta rap with explicit and violent lyrics. As such his the pseudonym is his RAP I.D. For me, a rarer meaning of nifty.
Publican's offering class A drugs to Spooner (5,4)
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Pubs specialising in real ale will offer, as well as theiir usual beverages, such a temporary delight. Spooner would misrepresent it as BEST GEAR, loosely translated as class A drugs
Confused at lingo on one engraved stone (8)
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An anagram (confused) of AT LINGO plus I (one)
Picture frames likely to burn, touching light (6)
Celebrity on principle is most demanding type (10)
A lack of finale for sluggish drama (3)
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Japanese theatre, as if you didn’t know. So we have NO [sluggis]H
Thin male bore (6)
Side with props providing little support in drained fountain (7)
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That’s a Rugby Union side, props being front row member of the scrum. Providing is IF, a little support TEE, enclosed in F[ountai]N minus its contents
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Live Wagnerian opera's characteristic cold sound (6,6)
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Sound as in a stretch of sea, in this case between Alaska and Siberia. Live is BE, Wagner’s (series of) opera(s) the RING (include the ‘S) and characteristic is TRAIT. Assemble and respace.
Show taxi ranks combined over the radio? (7)
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Aural wordplay of CAB ARRAY, taxi ranks.
Doctor beginning to puncture delusion, as nice as it was (9)
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An anagram (doctor) of P[uncture] and DELUSION.
Make the sound of an eagle (4)
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An alternative for eagle is ERNE. More aural wordplay.
Clubs the right place for goalscorers, left-winger thought (10)
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C[lubs] plus the position goalscorers have to be in if VAR is going to allow their effort, which is ONSIDE. Add RED for left-winger, unless you’re American, in which case it would be a Republican.
Look pleased putting second last number on the clock (5)
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The clock in this instance the mileometer in a vehicle. Look pleased: SMILE, put the S[econd] last.
This put a stop to wound leaking in the morning? (7)
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This took some working out, though I think it works as an &lit. Put a stop to is BAN, wound leads you to DAMAGE, from which you “leak” the AM, morning.
Composer associated with Hallelujah once, Handel or other? (7,5)
Walk to church, perhaps large building full of ghastly silver (10)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The large building is a PILE. Insert GRIM AG for ghastly silver.
Contrive to lose snap? (3,4,2)
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I’ll call this a double definition.
Recipe that expressly includes particular intolerance (3,4)
Easy compact net's middle and sides given alternating pattern (7)
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The middle of net is E, the sides NT. Alternate the two objects. Clever – don’t think I’ve seen this conceit before.
One wears medal about to be sold at auction (5)
Attack retreating force showing little fight (4)
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An attack is a FIT. Reverse it and add F[orce]
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