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Being shelled company ultimately surrendered utterly beaten (6)
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Being shelled , company ultimately surrendered, utterly beaten *( UTTER L<y>); “ compan y ultimately (=last letter) surrendered” means letter “y” is dropped from anagram, indicated by “beaten”; a turtle has a shell, hence is a “being shelled”!
Reckoning opener's out preparing to bat (8)
University's invested in property attracting American capital (6)
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University’s invested in property attracting American capital [U (=university) in LAND (=property)] + A (=American); Luanda is the capital of Angola
Snooze more than refreshed upset Leo (8)
Greek goddess rejecting wings immediately (4)
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Greek goddess rejecting wings immediately <a> THEN <a> (=Greek goddess; “rejecting wings” means first and last letters are dropped
When podcasting usual browser is appropriate (10)
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When podcasting, usual browser is appropriate Homophone (“when podcasting”) of “common (=usual) + deer (= “browser”, i.e. animal feeding on high vegetation)”; to commandeer is to requisition, appropriate
Passenger pigeon or dodo? Certainly no spring chicken! (7)
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Passenger pigeon or dodo? Certainly no spring chicken! The passenger pigeon and dodo are both examples of “old (=extinct)” birds
Prolific poster heartlessly lying about plans again (6)
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Prolific poster heartlessly lying about plans again SPA <m> MER (=prolific poster; “heartlessly” means middle letter is dropped); “lying about” indicates reversal
Daughter hiding inside to avoid notice (6)
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Daughter hiding inside to avoid notice D (=daughter) in AVERT (=avoid, ward off)
Troublemaker out of prison finally for impeccable behaviour (7)
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Troublemaker out of prison finally for impeccable behaviour STIR (=prison, clink) + <fo> R <impeccabl> E <behaviou> R (“finally” means last letter only of each word is used)
Rugby forward caught naked in daily strip (10)
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Rugby forward caught naked in daily strip RU (=rugby, i.e. rugby union) + PERT (=forward, cheeky) + homophone (“caught”) of “bare (=naked)”; Rupert Bear is a daily cartoon strip in the Daily Express
Cadet wanting adult in plane? (4)
Dine with head following name order (8)
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Dine with head following name order N (=name) + EAT (=dine) + NESS (=head, promontory)
Turn 50 with day at space fair (6)
Hard base pilot's exploited as landing pad (8)
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Hard base pilot’s exploited as landing pad H (=hard, as in HB pencil ) + E (=base, in mathematics) + *(PILOT’S); “exploited” is anagram indicator; Chambers lists a helistop as a landing-place for a helicopter, while Google reveals that, in the US, a helispot is a designated location near the site of a fire when firefighters’ helicopters can land!
Note saints when checking church alcove (6)
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Charity event on the tiles is cancelled unfortunately (8)
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Charity event on the tiles is cancelled unfortunately *(ON THE T <i> LE <s>); “ is cancelled” means letters “is” are dropped from anagram, indicated by “unfortunately”
Paper finished with further edits (9)
Male variant of chromosome or female? (4)
One beating master in gruesome murder (7)
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One beating master in gruesome murder M (=master, as in MA) in *(MURDER); “gruesome” is anagram indicator
Identifier of books switching focus collecting European playwright (5)
They're a-laying Easter eggs oddly from the bottom (5)
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They’re a-laying Easter eggs, oddly from the bottom E <a> S <t> E <r> E <g> G <s>; “oddly” means odd letters only are used; “from the bottom” indicates vertical reversal
Scottish drone operators? (6)
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Scottish drone operators? Cryptic definition: a drone is the bass pipe of a Scottish bagpipe
Ruler being lengthened at either end (4)
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Ruler being lengthened at either end “ l engthene d ” at either end gives “(letter) l or (letter) d”!
Without 4 iron making longest par on course (4)
Dresser from Kentish Town discounted by nearly fifteen pounds (4)
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Dresser from Kentish Town discounted by nearly fifteen pounds MAID <stone> (=Kentish town, i.e. town in Kent; “discounted by nearly fifteen pounds (=(a) stone”, in imperial measures) means letters “stone” are dropped; a maid would help her mistress to dress, hence “dresser”
Game character atop Crib Goch? (9)
Cuckoo ensnared as source of paté (8)
Dressing easy as ABC to nurses (7)
Where dam's found scrubbing a pen? (4)
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Where dam’s found scrubbing a pen? <a> SWAN (=where dam’s found, i.e. in Egypt; “scrubbing a ” means a letter “a” is dropped); a pen is a female swan
Ditch foxtrot for tango from Paris perhaps (6)
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Ditch foxtrot for tango from Paris, perhaps T RENCH (=ditch, channel); “ foxtrot (=F in NATO alphabet) for tango (=T in NATO alphabet)” means letter “t” becomes “f”
Small gem lettuce's beginning to bear fruit (5)
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Small gem lettuce’s beginning to bear fruit PEAR (=fruit) + L <ettuce> (“beginning” means first letter only)
New charging equipment introducing special tolls (5)
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New charging equipment introducing special tolls [N (=new, as in NT) in RIG (=equipment, kit)] + S (=special)
One might want to settle in Andover (4)
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One might want to settle in Andover Hidden (“in”) in “an DOVE r”; a dove may wish to settle, perch somewhere
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