0xharib/xword2 · Datasets at Hugging Face

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Roman Cato lambasted dismissing a Caesar maybe (8)	MONOCRAT	Definition: Caesar maybe Anagram of ROMAN CATO less one A
Foreign script shown by a single vellum, but not on edging? (5)	NESKI	Definition: Foreign script [O]NE SKI[N]
Any round stone one's turned over, aspiring to be creative (5)	ARTSY	Definition: aspiring to be creative Reverse of ST in ARY (any)
Caught lilting chant about old serf? It's played with hands (11)	CATCH-THE-TEN	Definition: It's played with hands C + THETE (serf) in CHANT
Like enthusiastic Ibrox fans, sounding like a Stewart? (6)	ROARIE	Definition: Like enthusiastic Ibrox fans Homophone of Rory [Stewart], formerly a Conservative MP, now independent since Boris Johnson's purge of 21 MPs who voted against the Government
Ancient curse dominating early part of Tannhäuser (for Wagner's character) (5)	WOTAN	Definition: Wagner's character WO (old form of woe = curse) + TAN – rather vague by Azed's standards for "early part of Tannhäuser". Wotan (a German version of the name Odin) is the king of the gods in Wagner's Ring cycle
Small heraldic band having complexity round radius (7)	TRANGLE	Definition: Small heraldic band R in TANGLE
Shakespearean director wanting RU team in Madrid? (6)	QUINCE	Definition: Shakespearean director QUINCE is Spanish for 15, the number of players in a Rugby union team; and Peter Quince directs the Mechanicals' play in *A Midsummer Night's Dream
Club wastes away, cutting rates (4)	MACE	Definition: Club MACE[RATES]
One over-keen on the drink has a swim with nothing on (5)	DIPSO	Definition: One over-keen on the drink DIPS (swims) + O
Plant family, one with odd features of cherry (4)	ACER	Definition: Plant family A + alternate letters of ChErRy. Acer is the Maple genus
Society in the US paraded unrestrainedly in Indian silk (6)	TUSSEH	Definition: Indian silk S in (THE US)
Polish, weird, introducing former German currency shortly (5)	EMERY	Definition: Polish M[ark] in EERY
Thus you may see dry seed slip all over the place (11)	DISPERSEDLY	Definition: Thus you may see dry seed slip all over the place (DRY SEED SLIP)* &lit
Director modified set before run (7)	STEERER	Definition: Director SET* + ERE R
Plains? Special follows just after the lot coming up (6)	LLANOS	Definition: Plains Reverse of S[pecial] ON (just after) + ALL (the lot)
Like victim of Heracles, one topped with shaggy mane (6)	NEMEAN	Definition: Like victim of Heracles ONE "topped", i.e. less its first letter + MANE. I originally thought Azed had slipped up here, intending MANE + AN. Killing the Nemean Lion was the first of the Labours of Heracles (aka Hercules)
Logs, number among chopped trees (6)	ENTERS	Definition: Logs N in TREES
Corded bead: Jamie cuts one hollowed out (5)	OJIME	Definition: Corded bead Another "ONE", this time "hollowed out" and containing another variant of James, namely JIM
Spinach run out (short)? Cooks snip this maybe (5)	ORACH	Definition: this Composite anagram &lit: (SNIP ORACH)* = SPINACH + RO (cricketing abbreviation for "run out"); orach is "sometimes used as Spinach is
Drunk rolled over in a bit of a kip, leaning somewhat (5)	ATILT	Definition: leaning somewhat Reverse of LIT (drunk) in AT (Laotian money, one-hundredth of a kip)
Fill tank till spilling out for Scottish sheep-pen (4)	FANK	Definition: Scottish sheep-pen FILL TANK less TILL*. I learned this word many years ago through my Scottish sheep-farming stepfather
Behind sound of Irish song, London initially put out (8)	DERRIERE	Definition: Behind Homophone of "[London]derry Air"
English are heard repeatedly admitting old mistake (5)	ERROR	Definition: mistake E + O in 3 times R (homophone of "are")
Some industriousness is needed for today's theme, for instance (4)	TRIO	Definition: today's theme, for instance Hidden in indusTRIOusness
Interpreted, we hear, sign that woman's married? Misleading clue! (3,7)	RED HERRING	Definition: Misleading clue Yet another homophone, of "read" (interpreted) + HER RING (which may show a woman is married)
Corrupt dealer has something worn at table hiding king and queen (6)	BRIBER	Definition: Corrupt dealer R (king) in BIB + ER (the Queen)
School backed legal action — there's usually money in it (8)	NOTECASE	Definition: there's usually money in it Reverse of ETON (school) + CASE (legal action)
Tenacious pursuer's blunder, entering bank (7)	TERRIER	Definition: Tenacious pursuer ERR (to blunder) in TIER (bank)
Source of marble artists placed on vehicle (7)	CARRARA	Definition: Source of marble CAR (vehicle) + twice RA (artist). Carrara is an Italian city famous for its marble
More stylish going over line, one who finishes nicely? (8)	POLISHER	Definition: one who finishes nicely L I in POSHER
Use fan improperly, creating hazard (6)	UNSAFE	Definition: creating hazard (USE FAN)
Reckoning that I must be involved with crime (10)	ARITHMETIC	Definition: Reckoning (THAT I CRIME)
British educational foundation's reaction to freeze? (4)	BRRR	Definition: reaction to freeze B + RRR (the 3 Rs, supposedly the foundation of education)
In summer are roasts not cooked as much? (5)	RARER	Definition: not cooked as much Hidden in summeR ARE Roasts
More like canal boat, quickly moved around with oar (8)	NARROWER	Definition: More like canal boat Reverse of RAN quicly moved) + ROWER (oar). Canal boats are often called narrowboats
Confused restorer turned back (8)	RETRORSE	Definition: turned back RESTORER* – retrorse is used in biology to describe something bent backward or downward
Vigour from writer after change of heart (4)	BRIO	Definition: Vigour BIRO (pen, writer) with its "heart" reversed
Dread it disappearing from territory no end (6)	TERROR	Definition: Dread TERRITORY less IT and its last letter
Being a student in university city (7)	READING	Definition: Being a student Double definition, though in fact Reading (Berkshire) is not a city. There are several US cities called Reading, so by separating "university" and "city" you could read it as a triple definition
Detain me improperly, making problem for head (8)	DEMENTIA	Definition: problem for head (DETAIN ME)
Eg tapes in advance piano note repeated on strings (3-7)	PRE‑RECORDS	Definition: Eg tapes in advance P[iano] + RE + RE (notes) + CORDS (strings)
Managed university in America, part of the system we're in (6)	URANUS	Definition: part of the system we're in RAN U in US. Uranus is part of the Solar System
Defenders sometimes put obstructions across street (10)	BARRISTERS	Definition: Defenders sometimes ST[reet] in BARRIERS
They yield short-term interest, showing edge in record time (8)	EPHEMERA	Definition: They yield short-term interest HEM (edge) in EP (record) + ERA (time)
Concerning previous person trying to fix things (8)	REFORMER	Definition: person trying to fix things RE (concerning) + FORMER (previous)
Making corrections in speech or text (7)	WRITING	Definition: text Homophone of "righting"
Unknown to mathematicians, supporting awful 9 in astronomical model (6)	ORRERY	Definition: astronomical model Anagram of ERROR (answer to 9a) + Y (mathematical unknown). An orrery is a mechanical model of the Solar System
Open bottle containing a French port (6)	UNCORK	Definition: Open bottle UN (French "a") + CORK (Irish port). "Containing" in the sense "consisting of"
A piece of 4 or 19 youth's not completed satisfactorily (4)	BOOK	Definition: A piece of 4 or 19 An uncompleted BO[y] + OK (satisfactorily, as in "it worked OK")
Travelling people after a bouquet (5)	AROMA	Definition: bouquet A + ROMA
Sweat embarrassingly in a tuxedo? (9)	EXUDATION	Definition: Sweat (IN A TUXEDO)
Conservative party member demanding vessel (9)	HARDLINER	Definition: Conservative party member HARD (demanding) + LINER (vessel). The definition refers to a conservative member of a party rather than a member of the Conservative party
Mad freebooter relinquishing power (5)	IRATE	Definition: Mad PIRATE less P
Mate in Sydney holding large hammer (7)	CLOBBER	Definition: hammer L in COBBER. Do Australians still call each other "cobber"? Did they ever?
Stray has accommodation in which there's no time to relax (7)	DIGRESS	Definition: Stray REST less T in DIGS
Pick up article in valley (5)	GLEAN	Definition: Pick up A (indefinite article) in GLEN (valley, usually in Scotland)
Clutch component, say, coming closer (3)	EGG	Definition: Clutch component E.G. (Say) + the "closer" of cominG
King of Mercia primarily laying waste (5)	OFFAL	Definition: waste OFFA (King of Mercia 757-796, famous for his dyke) + L[aying]
Determination to complete the crossword again? (7)	RESOLVE	Definition: Determination RE-SOLVE
Missionary position in middle of Wales (7)	APOSTLE	Definition: Missionary POST (position) in [w]ALE[s]
Fiddle with French car that's dropping back (5)	FRAUD	Definition: Fiddle FR + AUD[I]
Beginners from Oxford University set off in boat (9)	OUTRIGGER	Definition: boat First letters of Oxford University + TRIGGER (set off)
Cast is so grand for directors (4,5)	ROAD SIGNS	Definition: directors (IS SO GRAND)
Attentive dealer taking part (5)	ALERT	Definition: Attentive Part of, i.e. hidden in, deALER Taking
Party for 13 across (4)	BASH	Definition: Party Double definition
Golf match involving more of us (8)	FOURSOME	Definition: Golf match (MORE OF US)
Fit, we hear, for a drop of the hard stuff? (4)	HAIL	Definition: a drop of the hard stuff Homophone of "hale" (fit)
Ewe turns out to be supplier of milk (3,5)	WET NURSE	Definition: supplier of milk (EWE TURNS)
Rotten place requiring short journey (6)	PUTRID	Definition: Rotten PUT (to place) + RID[E]
Gung-ho gunners encircle country in Africa (6,2,2)	RARING TO GO	Definition: Gung-ho RA (Royal Artillery, funners + RING + TOGO
Angry outburst from one stuck in traffic (6)	TIRADE	Definition: Angry outburst I in TRADE
Old queen with no love for a new one (4)	ANNE	Definition: Old queen A + N + ONE less O (zero, love)
26 down, say, holding Joe up in Havana? (5)	CIGAR	Definition: Havana Reverse of GI in CAR (of which a Ford is an example)
Land makes outlaw happy and he's reformed (10)	BANGLADESH	Definition: Land BAN + GLAD + HES
3 for Roman healer (5)	SALVE	Definition: 3 for Roman Double definition – it's Latin for "hail " or "welcome"
Titanic female at sea, as gent is (8)	GIANTESS	Definition: Titanic female (AS GENT IS)
Corpulent guide, terribly weary (8)	FATIGUED	Definition: weary FAT +GUIDE
Central bank supporting false medicine man (6)	SHAMAN	Definition: medicine man SHAM (false) + [b]AN[k]
One hug, possibly as good as a feast? (6)	ENOUGH	Definition: as good as a feast (ONE HUG)*, referring tp the saying "enough is as good as a feast"
Where one goes from bank to bank to get a bit of dosh (4)	FORD	Definition: Where one goes from bank to bank FOR (to get, as in "I'm going to the shops for milk") + D[osh]
My word is annoying you at first (1,3)	I SAY	Definition: My word IS + first letters of Annoying You
Legal documents, reportedly, for Swiss hotelier (4)	RITZ	Definition: Swiss hotelier Homophone if "writs". The Ritz hotels in Paris and London were set up by César Ritz, who was born in Switzerland
Leafstalk trailing river duck (7)	POCHARD	Definition: duck PO (Italian river) + CHARD (vegetable with edible stalks)
Self-important holy one's going after fair return (7)	POMPOUS	Definition: Self-important Reverse of MOP (dialect word for a hiring fair) + PIOUS less I
Talk arrogantly to others from an illusory mount? (3,2,4,4,5)	GET ON ONE’S HIGH HORSE	Definition: Talk arrogantly to others from an illusory mount Just a rather long-winded cryptic definition, I think
Motion was altered drastically to cover gold (9)	LAUREATED	Definition: Motion was AU in ALTERED* – reference to Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate
Marker makes toenail red (10)	DELINEATOR	Definition: Marker (TOENAIL RED)
Pepper restricted by winter's perseverance (11)	INTERSPERSE	Definition: Pepper Hidden in wINTER'S PERSEverance
One form of ancient hut not in tune with Sartre's philosophy? (11)	INAUTHENTIC	Definition: not in tune with Sartre's philosophy I + (ANCIENT HUT)* – authenticity is the "primary virtue" of Existentialism, associated with Jean-Paul Sartre
Refusing to change opinion of university, Wayne Slob, a mess, drops round (10)	UNSWAYABLE	Definition: Refusing to change opinion Anagram of U + WAYNE SLOB, less "O". For those not familiar with the name, Wayne Slob is a character portrayed by Harry Enfield
One supplying air when tennis player gets colour back (9)	SERENADER	Definition: One supplying air SERENA (Williams) + reverse of RED, with the "air" being a song
Call up the day before about ball and whip (7)	EVOCATE	Definition: Call up O (ball) + CAT (whip) in EVE
Case of senior overcome by auditorium (7)	HOLDALL	Definition: Case OLD in HALL
A party opening up a temple (6)	PAGODA	Definition: a temple Reverse of A DO GAP
Swimmer dislodges top from sink (6)	CUTTLE	Definition: Swimmer [S]CUTTLE – the creature (a mollusc) more commonly known as the cuttlefish, the source of both cuttlebone and the pigment sepia
Declare sadly a tunic's been appropriated by old queen (10)	ANNUNCIATE	Definition: Declare (A TUNIC)* in [Queen] ANNE
Party line taken with state dish (5)	DOLMA	Definition: dish DO + L + MA (Massachusetts). Dolma is a family of stuffed dishes, often seen (as Dolmades) in Greek cuisine as stuffed vine leaves
God starts to create really awful, terrifyingly rich man (9)	PLUTOCRAT	Definition: rich man PLUTO (god) + first letters of Create Really Awful Terrifyingly
Look out, Emin! (4)	MIEN	Definition: Look EMIN

Roman Cato lambasted dismissing a Caesar maybe (8)

MONOCRAT

Definition: Caesar maybe Anagram of ROMAN CATO less one A

Foreign script shown by a single vellum, but not on edging? (5)

NESKI

Definition: Foreign script [O]NE SKI[N]

Any round stone one's turned over, aspiring to be creative (5)

ARTSY

Definition: aspiring to be creative Reverse of ST in ARY (any)

Caught lilting chant about old serf? It's played with hands (11)

CATCH-THE-TEN

Definition: It's played with hands C + THETE (serf) in CHANT

Like enthusiastic Ibrox fans, sounding like a Stewart? (6)

ROARIE

Definition: Like enthusiastic Ibrox fans Homophone of Rory [Stewart], formerly a Conservative MP, now independent since Boris Johnson's purge of 21 MPs who voted against the Government

Ancient curse dominating early part of Tannhäuser (for Wagner's character) (5)

WOTAN

Definition: Wagner's character WO (old form of woe = curse) + TAN – rather vague by Azed's standards for "early part of Tannhäuser". Wotan (a German version of the name Odin) is the king of the gods in Wagner's Ring cycle

Small heraldic band having complexity round radius (7)

TRANGLE

Definition: Small heraldic band R in TANGLE

Shakespearean director wanting RU team in Madrid? (6)

QUINCE

Definition: Shakespearean director QUINCE is Spanish for 15, the number of players in a Rugby union team; and Peter Quince directs the Mechanicals' play in *A Midsummer Night's Dream

Club wastes away, cutting rates (4)

MACE

Definition: Club MACE[RATES]

One over-keen on the drink has a swim with nothing on (5)

DIPSO

Definition: One over-keen on the drink DIPS (swims) + O

Plant family, one with odd features of cherry (4)

ACER

Definition: Plant family A + alternate letters of ChErRy. Acer is the Maple genus

Society in the US paraded unrestrainedly in Indian silk (6)

TUSSEH

Definition: Indian silk S in (THE US)

Polish, weird, introducing former German currency shortly (5)

EMERY

Definition: Polish M[ark] in EERY

Thus you may see dry seed slip all over the place (11)

DISPERSEDLY

Definition: Thus you may see dry seed slip all over the place (DRY SEED SLIP)* &lit

Director modified set before run (7)

STEERER

Definition: Director SET* + ERE R

Plains? Special follows just after the lot coming up (6)

LLANOS

Definition: Plains Reverse of S[pecial] ON (just after) + ALL (the lot)

Like victim of Heracles, one topped with shaggy mane (6)

NEMEAN

Definition: Like victim of Heracles ONE "topped", i.e. less its first letter + MANE*. I originally thought Azed had slipped up here, intending MANE* + AN. Killing the Nemean Lion was the first of the Labours of Heracles (aka Hercules)

Logs, number among chopped trees (6)

ENTERS

Definition: Logs N in TREES

Corded bead: Jamie cuts one hollowed out (5)

OJIME

Definition: Corded bead Another "ONE", this time "hollowed out" and containing another variant of James, namely JIM

Spinach run out (short)? Cooks snip this maybe (5)

ORACH

Definition: this Composite anagram &lit: (SNIP ORACH)* = SPINACH + RO (cricketing abbreviation for "run out"); orach is "sometimes used as Spinach is

Drunk rolled over in a bit of a kip, leaning somewhat (5)

ATILT

Definition: leaning somewhat Reverse of LIT (drunk) in AT (Laotian money, one-hundredth of a kip)

Fill tank till spilling out for Scottish sheep-pen (4)

FANK

Definition: Scottish sheep-pen FILL TANK less TILL*. I learned this word many years ago through my Scottish sheep-farming stepfather

Behind sound of Irish song, London initially put out (8)

DERRIERE

Definition: Behind Homophone of "[London]derry Air"

English are heard repeatedly admitting old mistake (5)

ERROR

Definition: mistake E + O in 3 times R (homophone of "are")

Some industriousness is needed for today's theme, for instance (4)

TRIO

Definition: today's theme, for instance Hidden in indusTRIOusness

Interpreted, we hear, sign that woman's married? Misleading clue! (3,7)

RED HERRING

Definition: Misleading clue Yet another homophone, of "read" (interpreted) + HER RING (which may show a woman is married)

Corrupt dealer has something worn at table hiding king and queen (6)

BRIBER

Definition: Corrupt dealer R (king) in BIB + ER (the Queen)

School backed legal action — there's usually money in it (8)

NOTECASE

Definition: there's usually money in it Reverse of ETON (school) + CASE (legal action)

Tenacious pursuer's blunder, entering bank (7)

TERRIER

Definition: Tenacious pursuer ERR (to blunder) in TIER (bank)

Source of marble artists placed on vehicle (7)

CARRARA

Definition: Source of marble CAR (vehicle) + twice RA (artist). Carrara is an Italian city famous for its marble

More stylish going over line, one who finishes nicely? (8)

POLISHER

Definition: one who finishes nicely L I in POSHER

Use fan improperly, creating hazard (6)

UNSAFE

Definition: creating hazard (USE FAN)

Reckoning that I must be involved with crime (10)

ARITHMETIC

Definition: Reckoning (THAT I CRIME)

British educational foundation's reaction to freeze? (4)

BRRR

Definition: reaction to freeze B + RRR (the 3 Rs, supposedly the foundation of education)

In summer are roasts not cooked as much? (5)

RARER

Definition: not cooked as much Hidden in summeR ARE Roasts

More like canal boat, quickly moved around with oar (8)

NARROWER

Definition: More like canal boat Reverse of RAN quicly moved) + ROWER (oar). Canal boats are often called narrowboats

Confused restorer turned back (8)

RETRORSE

Definition: turned back RESTORER* – retrorse is used in biology to describe something bent backward or downward

Vigour from writer after change of heart (4)

BRIO

Definition: Vigour BIRO (pen, writer) with its "heart" reversed

Dread it disappearing from territory no end (6)

TERROR

Definition: Dread TERRITORY less IT and its last letter

Being a student in university city (7)

READING

Definition: Being a student Double definition, though in fact Reading (Berkshire) is not a city. There are several US cities called Reading, so by separating "university" and "city" you could read it as a triple definition

Detain me improperly, making problem for head (8)

DEMENTIA

Definition: problem for head (DETAIN ME)

Eg tapes in advance piano note repeated on strings (3-7)

PRE‑RECORDS

Definition: Eg tapes in advance P[iano] + RE + RE (notes) + CORDS (strings)

Managed university in America, part of the system we're in (6)

URANUS

Definition: part of the system we're in RAN U in US. Uranus is part of the Solar System

Defenders sometimes put obstructions across street (10)

BARRISTERS

Definition: Defenders sometimes ST[reet] in BARRIERS

They yield short-term interest, showing edge in record time (8)

EPHEMERA

Definition: They yield short-term interest HEM (edge) in EP (record) + ERA (time)

Concerning previous person trying to fix things (8)

REFORMER

Definition: person trying to fix things RE (concerning) + FORMER (previous)

Making corrections in speech or text (7)

WRITING

Definition: text Homophone of "righting"

Unknown to mathematicians, supporting awful 9 in astronomical model (6)

ORRERY

Definition: astronomical model Anagram of ERROR (answer to 9a) + Y (mathematical unknown). An orrery is a mechanical model of the Solar System

Open bottle containing a French port (6)

UNCORK

Definition: Open bottle UN (French "a") + CORK (Irish port). "Containing" in the sense "consisting of"

A piece of 4 or 19 youth's not completed satisfactorily (4)

BOOK

Definition: A piece of 4 or 19 An uncompleted BO[y] + OK (satisfactorily, as in "it worked OK")

Travelling people after a bouquet (5)

AROMA

Definition: bouquet A + ROMA

Sweat embarrassingly in a tuxedo? (9)

EXUDATION

Definition: Sweat (IN A TUXEDO)

Conservative party member demanding vessel (9)

HARDLINER

Definition: Conservative party member HARD (demanding) + LINER (vessel). The definition refers to a conservative member of a party rather than a member of the Conservative party

Mad freebooter relinquishing power (5)

IRATE

Definition: Mad PIRATE less P

Mate in Sydney holding large hammer (7)

CLOBBER

Definition: hammer L in COBBER. Do Australians still call each other "cobber"? Did they ever?

Stray has accommodation in which there's no time to relax (7)

DIGRESS

Definition: Stray REST less T in DIGS

Pick up article in valley (5)

GLEAN

Definition: Pick up A (indefinite article) in GLEN (valley, usually in Scotland)

Clutch component, say, coming closer (3)

EGG

Definition: Clutch component E.G. (Say) + the "closer" of cominG

King of Mercia primarily laying waste (5)

OFFAL

Definition: waste OFFA (King of Mercia 757-796, famous for his dyke) + L[aying]

Determination to complete the crossword again? (7)

RESOLVE

Definition: Determination RE-SOLVE

Missionary position in middle of Wales (7)

APOSTLE

Definition: Missionary POST (position) in [w]ALE[s]

Fiddle with French car that's dropping back (5)

FRAUD

Definition: Fiddle FR + AUD[I]

Beginners from Oxford University set off in boat (9)

OUTRIGGER

Definition: boat First letters of Oxford University + TRIGGER (set off)

Cast is so grand for directors (4,5)

ROAD SIGNS

Definition: directors (IS SO GRAND)

Attentive dealer taking part (5)

ALERT

Definition: Attentive Part of, i.e. hidden in, deALER Taking

Party for 13 across (4)

BASH

Definition: Party Double definition

Golf match involving more of us (8)

FOURSOME

Definition: Golf match (MORE OF US)

Fit, we hear, for a drop of the hard stuff? (4)

HAIL

Definition: a drop of the hard stuff Homophone of "hale" (fit)

Ewe turns out to be supplier of milk (3,5)

WET NURSE

Definition: supplier of milk (EWE TURNS)

Rotten place requiring short journey (6)

PUTRID

Definition: Rotten PUT (to place) + RID[E]

Gung-ho gunners encircle country in Africa (6,2,2)

RARING TO GO

Definition: Gung-ho RA (Royal Artillery, funners + RING + TOGO

Angry outburst from one stuck in traffic (6)

TIRADE

Definition: Angry outburst I in TRADE

Old queen with no love for a new one (4)

ANNE

Definition: Old queen A + N + ONE less O (zero, love)

26 down, say, holding Joe up in Havana? (5)

CIGAR

Definition: Havana Reverse of GI in CAR (of which a Ford is an example)

Land makes outlaw happy and he's reformed (10)

BANGLADESH

Definition: Land BAN + GLAD + HES

3 for Roman healer (5)

SALVE

Definition: 3 for Roman Double definition – it's Latin for "hail " or "welcome"

Titanic female at sea, as gent is (8)

GIANTESS

Definition: Titanic female (AS GENT IS)

Corpulent guide, terribly weary (8)

FATIGUED

Definition: weary FAT +GUIDE

Central bank supporting false medicine man (6)

SHAMAN

Definition: medicine man SHAM (false) + [b]AN[k]

One hug, possibly as good as a feast? (6)

ENOUGH

Definition: as good as a feast (ONE HUG)*, referring tp the saying "enough is as good as a feast"

Where one goes from bank to bank to get a bit of dosh (4)

FORD

Definition: Where one goes from bank to bank FOR (to get, as in "I'm going to the shops for milk") + D[osh]

My word is annoying you at first (1,3)

I SAY

Definition: My word IS + first letters of Annoying You

Legal documents, reportedly, for Swiss hotelier (4)

RITZ

Definition: Swiss hotelier Homophone if "writs". The Ritz hotels in Paris and London were set up by César Ritz, who was born in Switzerland

Leafstalk trailing river duck (7)

POCHARD

Definition: duck PO (Italian river) + CHARD (vegetable with edible stalks)

Self-important holy one's going after fair return (7)

POMPOUS

Definition: Self-important Reverse of MOP (dialect word for a hiring fair) + PIOUS less I

Talk arrogantly to others from an illusory mount? (3,2,4,4,5)

GET ON ONE’S HIGH HORSE

Definition: Talk arrogantly to others from an illusory mount Just a rather long-winded cryptic definition, I think

Motion was altered drastically to cover gold (9)

LAUREATED

Definition: Motion was AU in ALTERED* – reference to Andrew Motion, former Poet Laureate

Marker makes toenail red (10)

DELINEATOR

Definition: Marker (TOENAIL RED)

Pepper restricted by winter's perseverance (11)

INTERSPERSE

Definition: Pepper Hidden in wINTER'S PERSEverance

One form of ancient hut not in tune with Sartre's philosophy? (11)

INAUTHENTIC

Definition: not in tune with Sartre's philosophy I + (ANCIENT HUT)* – authenticity is the "primary virtue" of Existentialism, associated with Jean-Paul Sartre

Refusing to change opinion of university, Wayne Slob, a mess, drops round (10)

UNSWAYABLE

Definition: Refusing to change opinion Anagram of U + WAYNE SLOB, less "O". For those not familiar with the name, Wayne Slob is a character portrayed by Harry Enfield

One supplying air when tennis player gets colour back (9)

SERENADER

Definition: One supplying air SERENA (Williams) + reverse of RED, with the "air" being a song

Call up the day before about ball and whip (7)

EVOCATE

Definition: Call up O (ball) + CAT (whip) in EVE

Case of senior overcome by auditorium (7)

HOLDALL

Definition: Case OLD in HALL

A party opening up a temple (6)

PAGODA

Definition: a temple Reverse of A DO GAP

Swimmer dislodges top from sink (6)

CUTTLE

Definition: Swimmer [S]CUTTLE – the creature (a mollusc) more commonly known as the cuttlefish, the source of both cuttlebone and the pigment sepia

Declare sadly a tunic's been appropriated by old queen (10)

ANNUNCIATE

Definition: Declare (A TUNIC)* in [Queen] ANNE

Party line taken with state dish (5)

DOLMA

Definition: dish DO + L + MA (Massachusetts). Dolma is a family of stuffed dishes, often seen (as Dolmades) in Greek cuisine as stuffed vine leaves

God starts to create really awful, terrifyingly rich man (9)

PLUTOCRAT

Definition: rich man PLUTO (god) + first letters of Create Really Awful Terrifyingly

Look out, Emin! (4)

MIEN

Definition: Look EMIN