| 1 | Fringes to conceal idiotic hairstyle, maybe having a bad hair day (6)
CLICHE by frygut (wk 12)
Def: by example, hence 'maybe' | ConceaL IdiotiC HairstylE {Fringes to} |
| 2 | Working at lead mine to split strata (10)
DELAMINATE by professor_glum (wk 24)
(AT LEAD MINE)* {Working} |
| 3 | Kid clutching a video game console, like Nintendo (8)
JAPANESE by frygut (wk 5)
Def: by example, hence 'like' | JAP·E {kid, verb} env. {clutching} (A + NES {video game console}) |
| 4 | Struggled with fruit, for one, in crossword puzzle (8)
GRAPPLED by frygut (wk 14)
(GRiD {crossword puzzle} substituting {with … for …} I {one} → APPLE {fruit} |
| 5 | Recover marooned cowboy? (5,3)
RODEO MAN by Antagony (wk 21)
Def: by example, hence the question mark | MAROONED* {Recover, i.e. extract} |
| 7 | Fact: Winklevoss has a double! (4)
TWIN by SqueakyKleene359 (wk 11)
Def: also semi-&lit, surface references US Olympic rowing twins | HA {has} facT WINklevoss |
| 8 | Kicks it offside? (4)
DIES by principalpeppermint (wk 8)
SIDE* {off} |
| 12 | No lying rat is rehabilitated without knowing the full truth (10)
IGNORANTLY by SqueakyKleene359 (wk 22)
(NO LYING RAT)* {[is] rehabilitated} |
| 13 | Legumes cultivated by season (8)
SOYBEANS by stinkercross (wk 13)
(BY SEASON)* {cultivated} |
| 14 | Less likely to hear Winslet talking shit? (8)
DEFECATE by frygut (wk 1)
Hom. {talking} = Deafer Kate |
| 16 | Beggar's unnatural limp leads to offensive remarks, even ridicule (8)
IMPLORER by Antagony (wk 6)
LIMP* {unnatural} + acrostic {leads to} Offensive Remarks Even Ridicule |
| 19 | Oddly, the farm sump is a pool (4, 2)
TEAM UP by SamwiseTheOppressed (wk 20)
ThEfArMsUmP {oddly} |
| 20 | Many beliefs share one text (4)
ISMS by principalpeppermint (wk 3)
I {one} SMS {text} |
| 21 | Early Greenland settler found in glacier ice (4)
ERIC by professor_glum (wk 16)
Def: references Erik the Red | HA {found in} glaciER ICe |