Across
Line advanced ahead of call for attack (4,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
L (line), A (advanced), SHOUT (call)
Loose bit with nut and washer (4,3)
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Anagram (loose) of BIT W (with) NUT . At one time some washing machines consisted of separate wash and spin compartments and were known as twin tubs.
Rachel's sick having eaten too much dessert (9)
Televised broadcast involves hospital (5)
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S~OWN (broadcast) contains [involves] H (hospital)
What's making a comeback right after Universal show? (5)
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U (universal), then EH (what), S (’s) reversed [making a comeback], then R (right)
Perhaps da Vinci's structure on ship, more advanced externally (3,6)
Dressing to impress, hugging mother, heading for town, fine and happy (6,7)
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TO ~ ETCH (to impress) containing [hugging] MA (mother) + T {own} [heading for…] + OK (fine), then UP (happy)
One's clutched by awful tourist — it might be necessary to remove coat (5,8)
Fold plastic once, retaining length of course (9)
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Anagram [plastic] of ONCE containing [retaining] L (length), then SURE (of course)
Rag, as in something used when driving? (5)
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AS contained by [in] TE~E (something used when driving a ball at golf )
City's name associated with smart technology? (5)
Wrong day to cover international sport (9)
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BAD (wrong) + M~ON (day) containing [to cover] INT (international)
Wine, say, knocked back aboard physician's boat (7)
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RED (wine) + EG reversed (say, knocked back) contained by [aboard] D~R (physician)
Opponent ran towards boxing competitor (7)
Down
Regularly play-acted — Greek character sent up in school (6)
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{p} L {a} Y {a} C {t} E {d} [regularly] then MU (Greek character) reversed [sent up]. Originally the garden at Athens in which Aristotle taught philosophy but later used more generally for a place of learning although ODE now lists this meaning as archaic.
Grabbing the bananas, Italian breaks up for his lunch? (9)
First to leave country departs on strange, crude vessel (3,4)
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{s} OIL (country) [first to leave], D (departs), RUM (strange). I wasn’t sure at first, but I found support for ‘country / soil’ eventually.
Colossus almost crushing stronghold — time for retaliation? (3,3,3)
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TIT~A {n} (Colossus) [almost] containing [crushing] FORT (stronghold), then T (time)
Trail originally joins wide river going north — one that crosses the border (5)
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T {rail} [originally], W (wide), then DEE (river) reversed [going north]. ‘One’ in the definition refers back to ‘river’
Second son breaks new tin soldier (7)
Beat with tail of wet fish (5)
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{we} T [tail of…], ROUT (beat)
Slope above sunken track concealing quiet ruin (8)
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BANK (slope), then RU~T (sunken track) containing [concealing] P (quiet)
Sign up cook for grand event, initially tense (5-4)
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INK (sign) reversed [up], FEED (cook for), G {rand} + E {vent} [initially]
Stop around middle of Derby, mainly to have food and drink (6,3)
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H~ALT (stop) containing [around] {D} ERB {y} [middle of…], then EA {t} (have food) [mainly]
Special cap limits extreme cracking (8)
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SP (special), L~ID (cap) contains [limits] END (extreme)
Got upset about old money in part of London (7)
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G~OT reversed [upset]] containing [about] O (old) + TIN (money)
Nationalist parade's beginning at one following resistance to uprising (7)
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P {arade}’s [beginning], AT , R (resistance), I (one), then TO reversed [uprising]
Reeves losing head in training is possible cause of violent reaction (6)
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{K} EANU (Reeves) [losing head] contained by [in] P~T (training)
Current over limit at first in live wire (5)
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AC (alternating current) reversed [over], then L {imit} [at first] contained by [in] B~E (live)
Colour of flower, as Miss Doolittle might once have called it? (5)
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{H} UMBER (flower – river ) [as Miss Doolittle might once have called it]. Eliza Doolittle is the Cockney flower seller in Pygmalion / My Fair Lady.
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