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Tls 1153

26a Quickly, shortly (3) M?S is it mrs from Mistress quickly shortened?

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Times 26586

14a Regularly avoided trouble by withdrawing smear (4) ?L?R must be slur??

pomona

Tls 1152

7d Legendary king German theologian doffs cap for? (5) ????R 8d Grisham's noel account sending up vacuous thickie (9) ????A?E?T testament would fit ??...

pomona

Guardian 27,052

28a Succumbed so readily, in part as a result of pressure (7) ?E?S?R? and 2 that i have answers for but can't fully parse... 15d Help decorate cake on the outside, initially leaving edges sharply...

pomona

Tls 1151

22a Mummy, damned in a vampire expert's work (6) R?M?E?...

foxspur

Guardian Prize

20ac Comedian who played Broadway - or Flushing Meadows?(1,1,6) I have ? ? ?I?L?S 15ac Playwright wanting smallest room pink (4,3) I have ?O?N ?A? Is it John something? All help appreciated....

pomona

Viz 261

7d Totty being licked initially, creative stuff (5) B?A??

pomona

Guardian 27,028

1d Insubstantial state not watertight (8) ?A?O???S 12a "Straits" can be heard (6) ???N?S...

pomona

Times 26556

17a hardliner's spoken of fancy diary ...idealogue or ideologue??

pomona

8d Bitter spinster, showing low cunning in part (4,6) R?S? / D???L? 16a He, thee and me could make 18,3 or something similar (7) I?T?G?? (The i came from 9d Dick travelled north to consume everything...

pomona

Club Monthly 20193

1a Dying tissue effectively consumes radius (7) 9a Nothing in old physics represented astrology etc (9) ..possibly ends in Y 4d Slips with religious texts mostly working round NT book (9) ????I?L?N...

pomona

Guardian 28,240

2d Name outstanding witch he painted (7) C???N?L 9a Land report (5) S???E .......state?...

pomona

Inquisitor 1458

In each across clue a jumbled word or phrase must be restores before solving: 41a Individualists frequently independent in retrograde pedigree, rounding errors expected (11, 2 words) ?H???P???TS...

schweiss

Genius 160

21 Bed a dame (a female one) (6) I've come up with BERTHA (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertha_Phillpotts) but can't parse it. Can someone help me understand? Thanks!...

Faffed55

Eveyman Crossword 3652

17d Immacuate spy; moral? Not on(8) I have the answer as spotless but have no idea why! Can anyone help please?

pomona

Tls 1144

21a Old work about Stoppard's West end shows (5) E?*?S 22d Charge raised by one's Italian love rival (5) *???S * is the crossing letter in both clues...

angusto

Sunday Times

1d a sucker pushed around by a daily (6,7). 12ac switched racked to draw 10-10 in time added on (9). 14d a chap with lots of potential - Wellington's captain (4-5). Thanks in advance...