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1) Critical times - power to kill must be curtailed (9)
R???L?N?S (The only result from a solver search seems to be RATTLINGS, but I can't make it fit)

2) Material put forward for wild animal to eat (8)
???O?I?E - Wild animal is presumably an anagram of lion giving ???OLINE, with put forward giving the first three letters

3) Models no longer rather bulky - small! (8)
E?????E? (third letter is third letter from clue one, fifth letter is second letter from clue two)

Any help much appreciated.

The third one is EXAMPLES = models.
EX (no longer) + AMPLE (rather bulky) + S (small).
Not sure about the other two.

Thanks Ken,

Examples is correct. The first one is DEADLINES (I had the R wrong at the start, but can see it all fits now).

Just ?P?OLINE to go, which should be a material.

1 Put forward = POSIT

2 Wild animal = APE

1 eaten by 2 = Apposite = Very appropriate = material



Apposite

Thank you Ken.

I've been double bluffed - Quixote on a Sunday seems to love his anagrams and here we are with wild animal meaning, erm, wild animal.

Thanks for putting this one to bed.

Sorry, thank you Ken and Jim. The crossword must be getting to me.