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    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

    That's a character in a sitcom right? With the social climbing wife? How does the "turned pale we hear" part work?

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      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

      ad hoc wrote: That's a character in a sitcom right? With the social climbing wife? How does the "turned pale we hear" part work?
      Pail = Bucket

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        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

        Angry thugs yodel at Roger Lloyd-Pack and Clive Swift? [3,3,4]

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          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

          Guy Profumo wrote:
          Originally posted by ad hoc
          That's a character in a sitcom right? With the social climbing wife? How does the "turned pale we hear" part work?
          Pail = Bucket
          Thanks. I confess I've never seen the "we hear" thing be used for part of the clue before, only for the solution. Hence part of my bafflement

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            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

            And while I was familiar with the existence of the previous sitcom, the one in this clue is very much new to me (though obviously much easier to work out)

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              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

              ad hoc wrote:
              Originally posted by Guy Profumo
              Originally posted by ad hoc
              That's a character in a sitcom right? With the social climbing wife? How does the "turned pale we hear" part work?
              Pail = Bucket
              Thanks. I confess I've never seen the "we hear" thing be used for part of the clue before, only for the solution. Hence part of my bafflement
              Thanks, wasn't aware that was a convention.

              I'll endeavour to avoid it in future.

              Meanwhile:

              _ _ _ / _ L _ / _ _ Y _

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                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                Starts after understanding "The Old Guys" Roy and Penny's handwritten signature (9)

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                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                  Guy Profumo wrote:
                  Thanks, wasn't aware that was a convention.

                  I'll endeavour to avoid it in future.
                  I don;t know if it is a convention, I've just not encountered it before

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                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                    ad hoc wrote: Starts after understanding "The Old Guys" Roy and Penny's handwritten signature (9)
                    _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ _

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                      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                      Thought this was simple

                      _ _ T _ G _ _ _ _

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                        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                        Writer forged autograph -no gap detected

                        (6)

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                          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                          Manikin works on his abs in order to become an author [4,1,5]

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                            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                            Iain M. Banks novel about Basil the Great (3, 10)

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                              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                              The Algebraist vanishes hiding the Hungarian (6)

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                                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                Jorge, Istvan, Teppo, and Esteban ceaselessly "Do the Locomotion" (6,10)

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                                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                  _ _ _ _ G _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _

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                                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                    George Stephenson's Rocket ran on platform, and guard confused. (8,5)

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                                      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                      Bump / Help etc.?

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                                        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                        _ _ _ _ D _ _ D /_ _ _ _ _

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                                          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                          _ _ _ _ D _ _ D /_ _ U _ _

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                                            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                            _ T _ _ D _ _ D /_ _ U _ E

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                                              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                              Last Standard Gauge near drab, dreary East Midlands junction (5)

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                                                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                Nicer end for a bit of Derbyshire? [6,8]

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                                                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                  --N--- / ---N----

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                                                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                    --N--- / ---NF---

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