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Some champagne and fresh soup, a great production (6,4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
A double size bottle of champers, and and anagram (fresh) of SOUP.
Willing to risk being dismissed by phone (4)
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Aural wordplay (by phone) with a cricketer’s dismissal being “bowled”.
Wasteful for convict to lie about biting detective (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The innocuous for gives PRO, and a convict is a LAG, which you reverse (to lie about). Insert D[etective] I[nspector]
Render unreadable poem on fence, ripping the edges (6)
Withdraw medicine providing stimulant (6)
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A reverse (withdraw) of a medicine PILL and IF from providing.
Half of them held up beat (8)
I predict our team will be absorbed by next book (3,2-7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
By R. P. Hartley, not J. P. who penned “Fly Fishing”. SO, I is EGO, predict is BET, our team is WE (commonly in bridge scorecards) all sandwiched in THEN for next.
Early morning call having gone off, she ran inside (4,3,5)
Campaign very English in importance (8)
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V[ery] E[nglish] in MOMENT for importance, or significance.
Metallic element not often used as poison (6)
Nice friend finishes lace edging for mat (6)
Recall parent, worrying in case I forget (8)
Endlessly gnash teeth in unpleasant expression (4)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
The definition doesn’t quite feel right, though Chambers gives “To set the teeth together and withdraw the lips in pain, derision, etc”. To gnash teeth is to GRIND, from which the last letter is removed.
Debtor absconding on the red-eye? (3-2-5)
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The red-eye in airline terms is a long distance overnight flight, probably in economy.
Down
Impenetrable expression on drunk (8)
Indicate agreement with what makes herds hers? (3)
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The difference between herds and hers is that there is NO D.
This study suggests something to chew on (3,2)
Feeble child's loose coat (7)
Leader of assault was fast catching a big bird (9)
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Was fast give SPED, into which you insert A RHEA, which is a large (flightless) South American bird, which Chambers disconcertingly says is small. Compared to the similar ostrich, maybe.
Sacked minister perhaps put money on senior lawyer (11)
Boy looking embarrassed to go up climbing frame (6)
Remained shocked after stage trickery (11)
Confidence about a senior sculptor's work (3,6)
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BELIEF for confidence embraces A S[enio]R
Criminal skinned fish to overstep boundaries (8)
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I assume the criminal is a FENCE, from which we remove the outer letters. ROACH is a freshwater fish.
Professional in practice getting Romeo to replace two lines (7)
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In practice suggests ACTUALLY, in which you replace the two L[ines] with a NATO R[omeo]
I'm surprised I can wear extra short fabric (6)
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I’m surprised gives AH, (correction) HA to which you add the I before inserting into MOR[e] for a short extra.
Shrewd Scots are not able to broadcast (5)
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Aural wordplay (broadcast) of Scots CANNAE for cannot.
To speed over snow is the end of so many Russians (3)
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Rather a lot of Russian men end their surnames with -SKI
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