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In New York, rough country smell over harbour areas (9)
Marsh was awash with plants initially (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SWAM (was awash), P {lants} [initially]
Gross member of parliament's grumble (5)
Spooner's spelling individual Wiltshire resident (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Aural wordplay [Spooner’s]: “Rune-maker” (spelling individual). Apart from being a type of sail on a sailing ship, ‘moonraker’ is local dialect for a native of the county of Wiltshire. This is with reference to a story of men caught raking a pond for kegs of smuggled brandy, who feigned madness to fool the revenue men, by saying they were raking out the moon. I don’t think I have come across any of this before so although I was able to guess the answer from checkers the clue had me baffled until I researched it.
Errant lost fight badly — such a contest? (5,2,8)
What has each one represented for area in sector? (3,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
Anagram [re-presented] of EACH I (one) replaces [for] A (area] in P{ a} RT (sector)
Figure to take action about tasteless articles (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
S~UE (take legal action) containing [about] TAT (tasteless articles)
Slump ends in markets' fall that hurts (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{market} S + {fal} L [ends in…], OUCH (that hurts!)
What could be inspired, composed à la Ninth (8)
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Anagram [composed] of À LA NINTH
Perhaps mate found way of paying for Georgia (10,5)
Fast means of sending vegetable, saving energy by day (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
BROAD B {e} AN (vegetable) [saving energy], D (day). Does anyone actually enjoy eating this type of bean?
Loopy route — around 100 kilometres (5)
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WA~Y (route) containing [around] C (100) + K (kilometres)
Joiner dismissing wide tree (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{w} ELDER (joiner) [dismissing wide]
Carry moneybox containing cents, not note (9)
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PIGGY BA {n} K (moneybox) [not note – n ] containing C (cents)
Down
Curving coastline of great height (5)
Old broken fire door unserviceable, causing a stink (11)
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O (old), anagram [broken] of FIRE DOOR , then U/S (unserviceable – useless – military slang )
Upmarket shop — note, one cutting locks (7)
By which one may see cowboy party shoot (8)
Self-important, never entering dirty home (6)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
NOT (never) contained by [entering] S~TY (dirty home)
An excess of what we do to internet with electronic input (7)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
SURF ~ IT (what we do to internet) containing [with…] E (electronic) [input]
Predatory flyer returned driving off small seabird (3)
Match right pen when it's woven paper (9)
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Anagram [woven] of MATCH R (right) PEN
Stomach light tea which is a bit rubbery (5-6)
Love twin avoiding you following dad's dance (4,5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
PA’S (dad’s), O (love), DO {u} BLE (twin) [avoiding you – u ]
Insufficiently deal with good loser? (8)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
UNDER (insufficiently), DO (deal with), G (good)
What's wet and clammy? (7)
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Cryptic. A soup typically containing clams.
Approach after knowing point of entry? (7)
Rework article penned by gun representative (6)
Craft getting an ox to follow back of truck (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{truc} K [back of…], A (an), YAK (ox)
Ancient keep, the first to be destroyed (3)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
{h} OLD (keep) [the first letter to be destroyed]
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