0xharib/xword2 · Datasets at Hugging Face

Clue stringlengths 6 133	Answer stringlengths 3 46	Explanation stringlengths 5 888
Skilfully manoeuvred ball, made holes around start of round (8)	DRIBBLED	Definition: Skilfully manoeuvred ball R[ound] in DIBBLED (made holes, e.g. in gardening)
Suitably refined, they get into some golf clubs (4,4)	IRON ORES	Definition: Suitably refined, they get into some golf clubs I think this is just a cryptic definition, as some golf clubs are made of steel, which requires the refining of iron ore, but it seems a bit weak to me so maybe there's more to it
Abysmal position — out of it he pitches (3,3)	THE PIT	Definition: Abysmal position Hidden in iT HE PITches
Close finishes in Open absorb many, holding attention (6)	NEARBY	Definition: Close EAR (attention) in last letters of opeN absorB manY – another double use, echoing "Open" in 14d
Golf crowds — taking sides in gallery (4)	GODS	Definition: gallery The "sides" of GO[lf crow]DS – The Gods is the gallery in a theatre
Hazard making some upset (4)	TRAP	Definition: Hazard Reverse of PART
Location, something that helps with shot, we hear (4)	SITE	Definition: Location Homophone of "sight", which helps when shooting a gun
Ministers always in tears (9)	REVERENDS	Definition: Ministers EVER (always) in RENDS (tears, as a verb, rhyming with bears)
I would follow nasty smell that's close (5)	HUMID	Definition: close HUM (smell) + I'D
Impromptu test for measles? (4,5)	SPOT CHECK	Definition: Impromptu test Double/cryptic definition
Disreputable motor yacht on the water (5)	SEAMY	Definition: Disreputable SEA (water) + M[otor] Y[acht]
One gets coverage in Mail (6)	ARMOUR	Definition: One gets coverage in Mail Cryptic definition, as in chain mail – Im not sure the wording really works here
Why repairer is called excessively (2,1,5)	TO A FAULT	Definition: excessively Double definition, though "to a fault" is surely not why a repairer is called
Sort of farm that stores electricity (7)	BATTERY	Definition: Sort of farm Double definition
Elegant writer's catalogue for pig farmer? (7)	STYLIST	Definition: Elegant writer The catalogue might be a list of sties, or STY LIST
Mad to cause vessel to leak? (8)	CRACKPOT	Definition: Mad If you CRACK a POT it might leak
Gives a false face (6)	VISAGE	Definition: face (GIVES A)
Trim English bird (5)	SNIPE	Definition: bird SNIP (to trim) + E
This boy is usually a girl (9)	PRINCIPAL	Definition: This boy is usually a girl Cryptic definition – the principal boy in a pantomime is usually played by a woman
One's arrival is a relief for the surgery (5)	LOCUM	Definition: One's arrival is a relief for the surgery Cryptic definition
Compel to join group of journalists (5-4)	PRESS‑GANG	Definition: Compel to join Double definition
Pelt with dried berries (6)	PEPPER	Definition: Pelt Double definition
Vegetable better cooked — nothing old should be swallowed (8)	BEETROOT	Definition: Vegetable 0 O in BETTER
These regions are hell! (6)	NETHER	Definition: These regions are hell Cryptic definition – hell is sometimes called the nether regions
Bring up empty envelope? Gold coin is inside (7)	EDUCATE	Definition: Bring up DUCAT (gold coin) in E[nvelop]E
I found it in Greece (6)	EUREKA	Definition: I found it in Greece Cryptic definition – Archimedes' cry as he leapt naked from the bath; more usually translated as "I have found it"
Points collected on the fly (3,5)	AIR MILES	Definition: Points collected on the fly Cryptic definition
Reportedly did well in exam for history (4)	PAST	Definition: history Homophone of "passed" (did well, or at least adequately, in an exam)
Drama not rehearsed without planning (2,6)	AT RANDOM	Definition: without planning (DRAMA NOT)
In seminar, open binder (4)	ROPE	Definition: binder Hidden in seminaR OPEn
An abundance of beatings (8)	LASHINGS	Definition: An abundance Double definition – the word brings to mind "lashings of ginger beer", supposedly often said by Enid Blyton's Famous Five, though in fact she never used it
Dish first cooked on railway (4-3)	STIR-FRY	Definition: Dish FIRST* + RY
Avoid responsibility for policeman being dismissed (3,3)	COP OUT	Definition: Avoid responsibility COP (policeman) + OUT (dismissed, e.g. in cricket)
Vehicle is hard to make disappear (6)	VANISH	Definition: disappear VAN IS H
Old woman tied up in knots? (6)	GRANNY	Definition: Old woman Definition + a rather vague cryptic def.
Healthy society shapes futurist (5)	WELLS	Definition: futurist WELL + S – refence to H G Wells
Reading two articles about crime problem over coffee (9)	AMERICANO	Definition: coffee CRIME* in A A, + O[ver]
Radiation in school's not right, doctors say (5,4)	GAMMA RAYS	Definition: Radiation GRAMMAR [school] less the first R + SAY
Bear or blackbird? (5)	BROOK	Definition: Bear B[lack] + ROOK (bird)
Secret soldier (7)	PRIVATE	Definition: Secret Double definition – I think I've seen this a few times
Dear, dear! Tablet dropped by Heather (7)	DARLING	Definition: Dear DEAR less E (Ecstasy tablet) + LING (heather genus)
Angry over spill (5)	UPSET	Definition: Angry Three definitions
Look both ways (3)	EYE	Definition: Look EYE is a palindrome
Prelude to main trombone part (5)	INTRO	Definition: Prelude Hidden in maIN TROmbone
Water plant or shrub vigorously about mid-July (7)	BULRUSH	Definition: Water plant [j]UL[y] in SHRUB
Weight of silver in 1,000kg (7)	TONNAGE	Definition: Weight AG in TONNE – not impressed by this clue, as the word comes directly from ton/tonne
Cooked food really is excellent, deserves tips (5)	FRIED	Definition: Cooked Initial letters of Food Really Is Excellent Deserves
Might they reserve fellow's prize? (3,6)	MAN BOOKER	Definition: prize Someone who reserves a fellow might be a "man-booker"; not sure why the clue has "they", unless it refers to those running the famous literary prize, which I see is going to revert to being called the Booker Prize from next year
Tory disrobed in and around church ceremony (9)	ORDINANCE	Definition: ceremony [t]OR[y] + (IN AND)* + CE. I didn't know the "ceremony" meaning: "a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church"
Newspaper roaming all over the place? I'm lost (5)	ORGAN	Definition: Newspaper ROAMING* less I'M
The Yorkshire hairpiece? Get it! (4)	TWIG	Definition: Get it T'WIG – supposed Yorkshire pronunciation of "the wig", with definite article reduction
Simply awful catching cold after 29 competition (8)	OLYMPICS	Definition: competition O (ring) + C in SIMPLY
China is ascending here? (4)	ASIA	Definition: China is ascending here Hidden in reverse of chinA IS Ascending &lit
Secretary in ripped jeans grasps English language (8)	JAPANESE	Definition: language PA in JEANS* + E; or for "grasps" to make more sense, E in (PA in JEANS*)
Stopped being quiet to break record (6)	CEASED	Definition: Stopped EASE (quiet, as a noun) in CD (compact disc)
Liberating, free and paradoxically humorous (10)	GILBERTIAN	Definition: paradoxically humorous (LIBERATING)* referring to W S Gilbert
Special artificial intelligence takes in hill for enlightenment (6)	SATORI	Definition: enlightenment S + TOR in AI. Satori is a form of enlightenment in Buddhism. It was also the pseudonym used in the FT by the late Albie Fiore, who set in the Guardian as Taupi, though in his case it was from a Basque word for "mole"
Prepare carbon monoxide at absolute zero (4)	COOK	Definition: Prepare CO + 0 K (absolute zero is 0 on the Kelvin scale)
Fruit bat home? Not in, definitely out (5)	PLUMB	Definition: definitely out The fruit is a PLUM, then we have to read "bat home" as "b at home", and remove "at home" ("in") to be left with just the B. Hard work for single letter! The definition refers to an LBW decision in cricket where the balls hits the batsman's legs in front of the middle stump. It's from the sense of "vertical", as in a plumb line
A trap to steal pound loses penny? That's surprising (10)	ASTOUNDING	Definition: surprising [p]OUND in A STING (trap)
Dwarf, for example, acquires second name after retiring (5)	GNOME	Definition: Dwarf MO (moment, second) N in EG (for example), all reversed
Old girlfriend inclined to be stretched (8)	EXTENDED	Definition: stretched EX + TENDED
Follow progress of time by lines (8)	TRACKAGE	Definition: lines TRACK + AGE – this has rather the same fault as 25a, I think, though to a lesser degree
Scottish nobles retreat down south (6)	LAIRDS	Definition: Scottish nobles LAIR (a retreat) + D + S
Kind of piece, decorated with colour (6)	HUMANE	Definition: Kind MAN (piece, in chess etc) in HUE
Limit of returned books (4)	FOOT	Definition: Limit Reverse of OF + O[ld] T[estament]
By wearing glasses, start to notice county briefly (4)	OXON	Definition: county briefly X (by, as in multiplied by) in O O (pair of glasses) + N[otice]. Oxon is the standard abbreviation of Oxfordshire, from the Latin *Oxonium
Call round (4)	RING	Definition: Call Another familiar double definition
Colour in photo of catkin presenting dilemma (13)	PREDICAMENTAL	Definition: presenting dilemma RED in PIC + AMENTAL (from amentum, a catkin)
One who's memorized major text has short, then champers (5)	HAFIZ	Definition: One who's memorized major text HA[s] + FIZ (alternative spelling of "fizz" = Champagne). A hafiz is a Muslim who has memorised the Koran
Spot of Shakespeare? Had a glimpse, cut short (5)	PEEPE	Definition: Spot of Shakespeare PEEPE[D] – Shakespearian form of "pip"
Starfish I roasted alive? (8)	ASTEROID	Definition: Starfish (I ROASTED)
Little old bird tom's sneakily trapped in trough (7)	TITMOSE	Definition: Little old bird TOMS* in TIE ("an enclosed trough for wasking ore")
One records pictures from the marriage of Jemima and Gerald (6)	IMAGER	Definition: One records pictures Hidden in jemIMA GERald
Outspoken little book about cases (5)	VOCAL	Definition: Outspoken CA in VOL
One making up jury changed last name (8)	TALESMAN	Definition: One making up jury (LAST NAME)
Dainty old pieces from Etna after eruption, in a chain (8)	CATENATE	Definition: in a chain CATE (archaic word for a dainty – related to "cater") + ETNA* – catenate is probably more familiar in the compound "concatenate" (chain together)
A bit of publicity from Dreamland? Golly! (5)	BEDAD	Definition: Golly BED ("dreamland") + AD
Would-be abstainers, including marines, notice, in naval engagement (6)	ARMADA	Definition: naval engagement RM + AD (again!) in AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)
Tree, one featured in engraving (7)	PLATANE	Definition: Tree AN in PLATE
Droop, vaguely atilt, like a missile (8)	SAGITTAL	Definition: like a missile SAG + ATILT
Locust from Arabia tucked into core of maize (5)	CAROB	Definition: Locust AR (Arab) in COB
What chippie once offered is wrapped in fish? (5)	EISEL	Definition: What chippie once offered IS in EEL. Old word for vinegar
Genders smitten with insane loveability (13)	ENDEARINGNESS	Definition: loveability (GENDERS INSANE)
Light unit installed in cheap hotels (4)	PHOT	Definition: Light unit Hidden in cheaP HOTels
Primitive sea creature: set rope for catching tailless number (11)	RADIOLARIAN	Definition: Primitive sea creature RADIO (set) + LARIA[T] + N
Remove crew from island, damn disgruntled about it (6)	DISMAN	Definition: Remove crew from IS in DAMN
Pompous company with old-style order where its heart should be (6)	CHESTY	Definition: Pompous HEST (old word for command, order – cf "behest") replacing the middle of COMPANY
In Cape Town uncle set up institute, fine for locals (4)	MOOI	Definition: fine for locals Reverse of OOM (uncle in South Africa) + I
English school book, second mislaid in compound (6)	EPIMER	Definition: compound E + PRIMER less its second letter
Fleece? Mine gets temperature hoisted (4)	TEGG	Definition: Fleece? Mine gets temperature hoisted (4) T[emperature] + EGG (slang for a bomb or mine)
Panacea reps flogged? Many try to keep them up (11)	APPEARANCES	Definition: Many try to keep them up (PANACEA REPS)
To make stuffing went first for sage (7)	LEARNED	Definition: sage EARN (to make) in LED (went first)
Brooch from Paris, bent out of shape (9)	BREASTPIN	Definition: Brooch (PARIS BENT)
Holiday for Stuart and Virginia to call off? Almost (7)	VACANCE	Definition: Holiday for Stuart VA (state of Virginia) + CANCE[L]. Vacance (or its plural) is familiar as the French word for a holiday, but its also a Scots word for one, hence "for Stuart"
Awards marks art school's come up with (6)	MEDALS	Definition: Awards M (marks) + reverse of SLADE (art school, now part of UCL)
Conference – international one coming up includes expert (6)	INDABA	Definition: Conference I + DAB (expert) in reverse of AN
Blend worn as material for overcoats (6)	MELTON	Definition: material for overcoats MELT (blend) + ON (worn, as in clothes)
Keep fish in private room (6)	DETAIN	Definition: Keep TAI (fish) in DEN
Once injured in play one's taken off, given up (4)	MARD	Definition: Once injured Reverse of DRAM[A]

Skilfully manoeuvred ball, made holes around start of round (8)

DRIBBLED

Definition: Skilfully manoeuvred ball R[ound] in DIBBLED (made holes, e.g. in gardening)

Suitably refined, they get into some golf clubs (4,4)

IRON ORES

Definition: Suitably refined, they get into some golf clubs I think this is just a cryptic definition, as some golf clubs are made of steel, which requires the refining of iron ore, but it seems a bit weak to me so maybe there's more to it

Abysmal position — out of it he pitches (3,3)

THE PIT

Definition: Abysmal position Hidden in iT HE PITches

Close finishes in Open absorb many, holding attention (6)

NEARBY

Definition: Close EAR (attention) in last letters of opeN absorB manY – another double use, echoing "Open" in 14d

Golf crowds — taking sides in gallery (4)

GODS

Definition: gallery The "sides" of GO[lf crow]DS – The Gods is the gallery in a theatre

Hazard making some upset (4)

TRAP

Definition: Hazard Reverse of PART

Location, something that helps with shot, we hear (4)

SITE

Definition: Location Homophone of "sight", which helps when shooting a gun

Ministers always in tears (9)

REVERENDS

Definition: Ministers EVER (always) in RENDS (tears, as a verb, rhyming with bears)

I would follow nasty smell that's close (5)

HUMID

Definition: close HUM (smell) + I'D

Impromptu test for measles? (4,5)

SPOT CHECK

Definition: Impromptu test Double/cryptic definition

Disreputable motor yacht on the water (5)

SEAMY

Definition: Disreputable SEA (water) + M[otor] Y[acht]

One gets coverage in Mail (6)

ARMOUR

Definition: One gets coverage in Mail Cryptic definition, as in chain mail – Im not sure the wording really works here

Why repairer is called excessively (2,1,5)

TO A FAULT

Definition: excessively Double definition, though "to a fault" is surely not *why* a repairer is called

Sort of farm that stores electricity (7)

BATTERY

Definition: Sort of farm Double definition

Elegant writer's catalogue for pig farmer? (7)

STYLIST

Definition: Elegant writer The catalogue might be a list of sties, or STY LIST

Mad to cause vessel to leak? (8)

CRACKPOT

Definition: Mad If you CRACK a POT it might leak

Gives a false face (6)

VISAGE

Definition: face (GIVES A)

Trim English bird (5)

SNIPE

Definition: bird SNIP (to trim) + E

This boy is usually a girl (9)

PRINCIPAL

Definition: This boy is usually a girl Cryptic definition – the principal boy in a pantomime is usually played by a woman

One's arrival is a relief for the surgery (5)

LOCUM

Definition: One's arrival is a relief for the surgery Cryptic definition

Compel to join group of journalists (5-4)

PRESS‑GANG

Definition: Compel to join Double definition

Pelt with dried berries (6)

PEPPER

Definition: Pelt Double definition

Vegetable better cooked — nothing old should be swallowed (8)

BEETROOT

Definition: Vegetable 0 O in BETTER

These regions are hell! (6)

NETHER

Definition: These regions are hell Cryptic definition – hell is sometimes called the nether regions

Bring up empty envelope? Gold coin is inside (7)

EDUCATE

Definition: Bring up DUCAT (gold coin) in E[nvelop]E

I found it in Greece (6)

EUREKA

Definition: I found it in Greece Cryptic definition – Archimedes' cry as he leapt naked from the bath; more usually translated as "I have found it"

Points collected on the fly (3,5)

AIR MILES

Definition: Points collected on the fly Cryptic definition

Reportedly did well in exam for history (4)

PAST

Definition: history Homophone of "passed" (did well, or at least adequately, in an exam)

Drama not rehearsed without planning (2,6)

AT RANDOM

Definition: without planning (DRAMA NOT)

In seminar, open binder (4)

ROPE

Definition: binder Hidden in seminaR OPEn

An abundance of beatings (8)

LASHINGS

Definition: An abundance Double definition – the word brings to mind "lashings of ginger beer", supposedly often said by Enid Blyton's Famous Five, though in fact she never used it

Dish first cooked on railway (4-3)

STIR-FRY

Definition: Dish FIRST* + RY

Avoid responsibility for policeman being dismissed (3,3)

COP OUT

Definition: Avoid responsibility COP (policeman) + OUT (dismissed, e.g. in cricket)

Vehicle is hard to make disappear (6)

VANISH

Definition: disappear VAN IS H

Old woman tied up in knots? (6)

GRANNY

Definition: Old woman Definition + a rather vague cryptic def.

Healthy society shapes futurist (5)

WELLS

Definition: futurist WELL + S – refence to H G Wells

Reading two articles about crime problem over coffee (9)

AMERICANO

Definition: coffee CRIME* in A A, + O[ver]

Radiation in school's not right, doctors say (5,4)

GAMMA RAYS

Definition: Radiation GRAMMAR [school] less the first R + SAY

Bear or blackbird? (5)

BROOK

Definition: Bear B[lack] + ROOK (bird)

Secret soldier (7)

PRIVATE

Definition: Secret Double definition – I think I've seen this a few times

Dear, dear! Tablet dropped by Heather (7)

DARLING

Definition: Dear DEAR less E (Ecstasy tablet) + LING (heather genus)

Angry over spill (5)

UPSET

Definition: Angry Three definitions

Look both ways (3)

EYE

Definition: Look EYE is a palindrome

Prelude to main trombone part (5)

INTRO

Definition: Prelude Hidden in maIN TROmbone

Water plant or shrub vigorously about mid-July (7)

BULRUSH

Definition: Water plant [j]UL[y] in SHRUB

Weight of silver in 1,000kg (7)

TONNAGE

Definition: Weight AG in TONNE – not impressed by this clue, as the word comes directly from ton/tonne

Cooked food really is excellent, deserves tips (5)

FRIED

Definition: Cooked Initial letters of Food Really Is Excellent Deserves

Might they reserve fellow's prize? (3,6)

MAN BOOKER

Definition: prize Someone who reserves a fellow might be a "man-booker"; not sure why the clue has "they", unless it refers to those running the famous literary prize, which I see is going to revert to being called the Booker Prize from next year

Tory disrobed in and around church ceremony (9)

ORDINANCE

Definition: ceremony [t]OR[y] + (IN AND)* + CE. I didn't know the "ceremony" meaning: "a religious practice or ritual prescribed by the church"

Newspaper roaming all over the place? I'm lost (5)

ORGAN

Definition: Newspaper ROAMING* less I'M

The Yorkshire hairpiece? Get it! (4)

TWIG

Definition: Get it T'WIG – supposed Yorkshire pronunciation of "the wig", with definite article reduction

Simply awful catching cold after 29 competition (8)

OLYMPICS

Definition: competition O (ring) + C in SIMPLY

China is ascending here? (4)

ASIA

Definition: China is ascending here Hidden in reverse of chinA IS Ascending &lit

Secretary in ripped jeans grasps English language (8)

JAPANESE

Definition: language PA in JEANS* + E; or for "grasps" to make more sense, E in (PA in JEANS*)

Stopped being quiet to break record (6)

CEASED

Definition: Stopped EASE (quiet, as a noun) in CD (compact disc)

Liberating, free and paradoxically humorous (10)

GILBERTIAN

Definition: paradoxically humorous (LIBERATING)* referring to W S Gilbert

Special artificial intelligence takes in hill for enlightenment (6)

SATORI

Definition: enlightenment S + TOR in AI. Satori is a form of enlightenment in Buddhism. It was also the pseudonym used in the FT by the late Albie Fiore, who set in the Guardian as Taupi, though in his case it was from a Basque word for "mole"

Prepare carbon monoxide at absolute zero (4)

COOK

Definition: Prepare CO + 0 K (absolute zero is 0 on the Kelvin scale)

Fruit bat home? Not in, definitely out (5)

PLUMB

Definition: definitely out The fruit is a PLUM, then we have to read "bat home" as "b at home", and remove "at home" ("in") to be left with just the B. Hard work for single letter! The definition refers to an LBW decision in cricket where the balls hits the batsman's legs in front of the middle stump. It's from the sense of "vertical", as in a plumb line

A trap to steal pound loses penny? That's surprising (10)

ASTOUNDING

Definition: surprising [p]OUND in A STING (trap)

Dwarf, for example, acquires second name after retiring (5)

GNOME

Definition: Dwarf MO (moment, second) N in EG (for example), all reversed

Old girlfriend inclined to be stretched (8)

EXTENDED

Definition: stretched EX + TENDED

Follow progress of time by lines (8)

TRACKAGE

Definition: lines TRACK + AGE – this has rather the same fault as 25a, I think, though to a lesser degree

Scottish nobles retreat down south (6)

LAIRDS

Definition: Scottish nobles LAIR (a retreat) + D + S

Kind of piece, decorated with colour (6)

HUMANE

Definition: Kind MAN (piece, in chess etc) in HUE

Limit of returned books (4)

FOOT

Definition: Limit Reverse of OF + O[ld] T[estament]

By wearing glasses, start to notice county briefly (4)

OXON

Definition: county briefly X (by, as in multiplied by) in O O (pair of glasses) + N[otice]. Oxon is the standard abbreviation of Oxfordshire, from the Latin *Oxonium

Call round (4)

RING

Definition: Call Another familiar double definition

Colour in photo of catkin presenting dilemma (13)

PREDICAMENTAL

Definition: presenting dilemma RED in PIC + AMENTAL (from amentum, a catkin)

One who's memorized major text has short, then champers (5)

HAFIZ

Definition: One who's memorized major text HA[s] + FIZ (alternative spelling of "fizz" = Champagne). A hafiz is a Muslim who has memorised the Koran

Spot of Shakespeare? Had a glimpse, cut short (5)

PEEPE

Definition: Spot of Shakespeare PEEPE[D] – Shakespearian form of "pip"

Starfish I roasted alive? (8)

ASTEROID

Definition: Starfish (I ROASTED)

Little old bird tom's sneakily trapped in trough (7)

TITMOSE

Definition: Little old bird TOMS* in TIE ("an enclosed trough for wasking ore")

One records pictures from the marriage of Jemima and Gerald (6)

IMAGER

Definition: One records pictures Hidden in jemIMA GERald

Outspoken little book about cases (5)

VOCAL

Definition: Outspoken CA in VOL

One making up jury changed last name (8)

TALESMAN

Definition: One making up jury (LAST NAME)

Dainty old pieces from Etna after eruption, in a chain (8)

CATENATE

Definition: in a chain CATE (archaic word for a dainty – related to "cater") + ETNA* – catenate is probably more familiar in the compound "concatenate" (chain together)

A bit of publicity from Dreamland? Golly! (5)

BEDAD

Definition: Golly BED ("dreamland") + AD

Would-be abstainers, including marines, notice, in naval engagement (6)

ARMADA

Definition: naval engagement RM + AD (again!) in AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)

Tree, one featured in engraving (7)

PLATANE

Definition: Tree AN in PLATE

Droop, vaguely atilt, like a missile (8)

SAGITTAL

Definition: like a missile SAG + ATILT

Locust from Arabia tucked into core of maize (5)

CAROB

Definition: Locust AR (Arab) in COB

What chippie once offered is wrapped in fish? (5)

EISEL

Definition: What chippie once offered IS in EEL. Old word for vinegar

Genders smitten with insane loveability (13)

ENDEARINGNESS

Definition: loveability (GENDERS INSANE)

Light unit installed in cheap hotels (4)

PHOT

Definition: Light unit Hidden in cheaP HOTels

Primitive sea creature: set rope for catching tailless number (11)

RADIOLARIAN

Definition: Primitive sea creature RADIO (set) + LARIA[T] + N

Remove crew from island, damn disgruntled about it (6)

DISMAN

Definition: Remove crew from IS in DAMN

Pompous company with old-style order where its heart should be (6)

CHESTY

Definition: Pompous HEST (old word for command, order – cf "behest") replacing the middle of COMPANY

In Cape Town uncle set up institute, fine for locals (4)

MOOI

Definition: fine for locals Reverse of OOM (uncle in South Africa) + I

English school book, second mislaid in compound (6)

EPIMER

Definition: compound E + PRIMER less its second letter

Fleece? Mine gets temperature hoisted (4)

TEGG

Definition: Fleece? Mine gets temperature hoisted (4) T[emperature] + EGG (slang for a bomb or mine)

Panacea reps flogged? Many try to keep them up (11)

APPEARANCES

Definition: Many try to keep them up (PANACEA REPS)

To make stuffing went first for sage (7)

LEARNED

Definition: sage EARN (to make) in LED (went first)

Brooch from Paris, bent out of shape (9)

BREASTPIN

Definition: Brooch (PARIS BENT)

Holiday for Stuart and Virginia to call off? Almost (7)

VACANCE

Definition: Holiday for Stuart VA (state of Virginia) + CANCE[L]. Vacance (or its plural) is familiar as the French word for a holiday, but its also a Scots word for one, hence "for Stuart"

Awards marks art school's come up with (6)

MEDALS

Definition: Awards M (marks) + reverse of SLADE (art school, now part of UCL)

Conference – international one coming up includes expert (6)

INDABA

Definition: Conference I + DAB (expert) in reverse of AN

Blend worn as material for overcoats (6)

MELTON

Definition: material for overcoats MELT (blend) + ON (worn, as in clothes)

Keep fish in private room (6)

DETAIN

Definition: Keep TAI (fish) in DEN

Once injured in play one's taken off, given up (4)

MARD

Definition: Once injured Reverse of DRAM[A]