Son left mark with his Porsche! (9)

Solution :

1. ‘Porsche’ is the definition clue. An exclamation mark indicates a member of a group.

2. 'son' is S (first letter), ‘left’ is PORT (as in shipping) and 'mark’ is SCAR.

3. The solution is S+PORT+SCAR = SPORTSCAR

Elephant’s call to Donald and alien (7)

Solution :

1. ‘Elephant’s call’ is the definition clue.

2. 'Donald' is TRUMP and 'alien' is ET

3. The solution is TRUMPET

Spooner's traded heart for blister (4,4)

Solution :

1. ‘blister’ is the definition clue.

2. 'traded' is SOLD and 'heart' is CORE.

3. 'Spooner's' means we have to interchange the initial sounds of SOLD and CORE (A spoonerism is exactly that).

4. The solution is COLD SORE.

Massive rock star with ode I composed (8)

Solution :

1. ‘Massive rock’ is the definition clue.

2. 'composed' is an anagram indicator.

3. We have to rearrange the letters of 'star' with 'ode I' because the clue says "star with ode I' has to be 'composed'.

4. 'star' + 'ode I' = ASTEROID

Opportunist ageing rocker, altering face, put on rug (12)

Solution :

1. ‘Opportunist’ is the definition clue.

2. 'ageing rocker' is JAGGER, "altering face' means the first letter of JAGGER needs to be changed (to B).

3. ‘put on rug" means BAGGER to be put on CARPET, leading to CARPETBAGGER.

MAGA meme isn't working, Bannon finally admitted incompetence (13)

Solution :

1. ‘incompetence’ is the definition clue.

2. 'working' is an anagram indicator. Rearrange 'MAGA meme isn't '.

3. ‘Bannon finally" is N (the final letter of Bannon)

4. N ‘admitted’ into anagram = MISMANAGEMENT

Right to stop bias in education(8)

Solution :

1. ‘education’ is the definition clue.

2. ‘right’’ is R (taking the initial letters of ‘right’).

3. ‘bias’ is LEANING.

4. ‘right to stop bias’ means R to be involved with LEANING, giving us LEARNING as the solution.

Affects half of pretty nurses (8)

Solution :

1. ‘Affects’ is the definition clue.

2. ‘half of pretty’’ is PRE (take half the letters of ‘pretty’).

3. ‘nurses’ is TENDS.

4. PRE + TENDS = PRETENDS

Mum is knocked back by period of fasting (6)

Solution :

1. ‘Mum’ is the definition clue, but not as in a parent; Mum as in not speaking.

2. ‘is’ knocked back is SI.

3. ‘period of fasting’ is LENT.

4. SI + LENT = SILENT

Look again at admitting four back into exam (7)

Solution :

1. ‘Look again’ is the definition clue.

2. ‘four’ is IV (Roman numerals), so ‘four back’ is ‘VI’.

3. ‘exam’ is RESIT

4. We have to admit ‘VI’ into RESIT to get the solution as REVISIT.

Place ordinary feline in the grip of another (8)

Solution :

1. ‘Place’ is the definition clue.

2. ‘ordinary feline’ is O + CAT

3. OCAT needs to be 'in the grip of another' feline. That feline is LION.

4. OCAT inside L - - - - ION gives LOCATION as the answer.

Band wagon stuck in terrible rain (7)

Solution :

1. ‘Band’ is the definition clue.

2. ‘wagon’ is VAN

3. ‘terrible’ is an anagram indicator, so we need to shuffle the letters of ‘rain’.

4. VAN stuck in NIR _A gives NIRVANA as the answer.

Clue of the Day:

Endlessly vexed copper with nonsense about will administrator (8)

Solution :

1. ‘will administrator’ is the definition clue.

2. ‘endlessly vexed’ is EXE (remove the end letters from ‘vexed’).

3. ‘copper’ is CU (chemical symbol for copper).

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Clue of the Day:
Toast a half-dead farce (7).

Solution:

1. 'farce' is the def clue, rest of the words form the cryptic clue.

2. 'Toast' is CHAR

3. 'half-dead' is DE (halve the words in 'dead')

4. Adding all the components: CHAR + A + DE gives CHARADE as the answer.

Clue of the Day:
Gave up when turret discovered in Dresden exploded (11).

Solution :

1. Meaning or definition clue (def) is generally at the beginning or at the end.

2. ‘Gave up’ is the def.

3. ‘when’ is the connector, cryptic clue begin after ‘when’.

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