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Heron is flying close to coast (7)
Charge leaders of illegal group infiltrating island (7)
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I~ G~ in ARRAN; Arran is a large Scottish island visible from both Troon and Turnberry golf courses. I played Turnberry when I was 16 – toughest course I ever encountered. I watched Tom Watson win at Troon in 1982, before watching him at Turnberry in 2007 with my daughter, as he fell agonisingly close of winning again at the age of 59.
It's on course to beat audience (9)
Is returning with fresh strength (5)
Pop producer drops initial support for artist? (5)
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wEASEL; ‘Pop! Goes the Weasel’ is a popular song and country dance which found wider fame as a nursery rhyme. Years of watching Cartoon Network with aforementioned daughter implanted these alternative lyrics on my brain: ‘You don’t need pants for the victory dance / Cuz Baboon’s better than Weasel / I R Baboon big star of cartoon / I am Weasel’. You can’t make that stuff up!
Drunk did some decorating (9)
The boy with no logic developed "vital" industry (13)
Apex of road unfinished? Call boat! (4-5,4)
Article with piece of advice regarding Italian food (9)
Romeo, consumed by love, is gloomy (5)
Last couple leaving fashionable site in Texas (5)
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A LA MOde; forever associated with Davy Crockett, the chap who offed a ‘b’ar’ when he was only three
Ignorant to expel knight wearing official regalia? (9)
Track user with first-class bit of gear? (4,3)
Colonist enters mountain range mostly at a gentle pace (7)
Down
After reorganization, the CID had a restless urge (6)
Insect's obsession with diluted drink? (6,3)
Play with books and magazine (7)
Male comedians wearing alien paraphernalia? (9)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
QUIP MEN in ET; I don’t think ‘quip men’ quite works for male comedians. The clue would have benefitted from the absence of ‘male’, but, well, you know, these days – sensibilities and all that…
Cook near a stadium (5)
Dish with a bit of ginger is Ottoman (7)
Private tavern supported by the Queen (5)
Not a chance advert bores son currently (8)
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AD in NO WAY S (son)
Friend's after short string instrument and wind instrument (9)
Islander's monkey ran off (9)
Farm labourer catches start of hockey game (8)
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H~ in PEASANT; game as in a wild food source
Get rid of stated reason to look peevish? (4,3)
Robot's revolutionary make-up famous designer reverse-engineered (7)
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two reversals here: first DNA (‘make-up’ is ‘revolved’) then DIOR (‘famous designer’ is ‘revere-engineered’)
Union member pockets building's last spanner (6)
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~G in BRIDE (union member)
Mark 2? (5)
Decline small piece of sugar, say (5)
I haven't cracked this one yet — but Times for the Times have:
S LUMP
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