Across
Report on small issue of litter engulfing green (7)
Sweet and sour chops left by sink (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
GlUM (sour) after deleting (chops) ‘l’ (left) then DROP (sink).
Smitten orc left exposed in shower of pitch (5,4)
Cut small outgrowth of nuts (5)
Cast divide revolutionary new parts (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
GULF (divide) reversed (revolutionary) parted by N (new).
Family let out a boy serving sandwiches (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PAGE (boy serving) contains (sandwiches), all of RENT (let out) + A.
Mobile reception bar on TV rose for biographical show (13)
Eg, I help to sort snakes (13)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
anagram of (snakes) EG I HELP TO SORT. &lit, my FOI, and favourite of the day.
Well bores set up on windy bluff (9)
Amateur guards respecting women-only space (5)
English dons returned, unopened, a Marx work (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
E (English) contained by (dons) the reversal of (returned) hARPO (a Marx brother) missing its first letter (unopened).
Console dull, love-filled husband unhappy on retirement (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
reversal of (on retirement) the whole lot: DRAB (dull) containing O (love-filled) + H (husband) + SAD (unhappy).
Half undressed, shy about large exercise clothes (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
TOSS (shy) containing (about), L (large) which PE (exercise) contains (clothes).
Exhausted state cops remaining in expression of defiance (2,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
outermost letters from (exhausted) StatE containing (cops) OTHER (remaining). Not my first thought for ‘remaining’, but all’s fair.
Down
Sanction absent leader of government, please (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
gRATIFY (please) missing (absent) the first (leader) of ‘government’.
Brief doubt quelled by racket gold winner (9)
Just winning tackle before start of half time (7)
Zoom call having to suppress extremes of noise (9)
Flourish of whirling cloth skirts (2,3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
OF which the reversal of (whirling) RAG (cloth) surrounds (skirts).
Old lady bearing sound of fraternity (7)
Red Mexican river bird passing over tip of Yucatán (5)
Church and religion brought up after raising of shot glasses (5-3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
CE (Church of England) + reversal of (brought up ) ZEN (religion), all after a reversal of (raising) NIP (shot). Spectacles that grip your nose rather than hang from your ears.
Expert projections about conclusion of suffering? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PRO (expert) and NOSES (projections) containing (about) last (conclusion) of sufferinG. Another excellent &lit.
Common boundary is in fact strewn with trees cut on either side (9)
Drive away with traffic tickets and string of penalties (5-3)
Pay for current foreign-based stocks with euros (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
I (current) which EXPAT (foreign-based) contains (stocks) + E (euros). Pay, or make amends, for past misdeeds.
Settle hours before long cases (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
H (hours) which IN A BIT (before long) contains (cases).
Muck carried by spades for one turning over soil (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
S (spades) and the reversal of (turning) EG (for one), all containing (over) MUD (soil).
Drain last of ale from hammered pewter mug (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
deleting (drain) the ‘e’ (last letter of al e ) from an anagram of (hammered) PeWTER.
Acclaim bit of land this country's given up (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SOD (bit of land) + UK (this country), all reversed (given up).
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