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  • seand
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    Osasuna embroiled in a VAR review (7)

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  • Etienne
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    Weaving erratically through Horsham sounds like shortly arriving at Spanish club. (7)

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  • Duncan Gardner
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    Abhor shaming around Sussex town (7)

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  • Etienne
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    Befuddled Ngaio Marsh not sticking her oar in, but still making others feel inadequate. (7)

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  • Duncan Gardner
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    - - A - - / - A -. - -

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  • Duncan Gardner
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    Distressing AI Omar should reveal to mystery writer (5,5)

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  • ad hoc
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    D _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ _ G

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  • Etienne
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    Am still no closer to the correct tree.

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  • ad hoc
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    _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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  • ad hoc
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    (11) not (10)

    (dreadlocks is barking up the wrong tree)

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  • Etienne
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    Imagine dreadlocks cut short by dynasty. (8)

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  • ad hoc
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    Harrowing haircut? (11)

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  • Etienne
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    Shortened and mutilated ingrown hair is very distressing. (9)

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  • irony towers
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    Yes, it's a soundalike of 'canal route' coming the other way. ad hoc is correct about the rhyming slang.

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  • Capybara
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    Originally posted by ad hoc View Post
    I have no idea where root can be found in the clue)
    Discussed - sounds like - 'route'?

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  • Duncan Gardner
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    Some collaborating row needs toenail (7)

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  • ad hoc
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    Glib root canal work performed by Petain for example (13)

    (this is basically a guess based on the letters, the fact that there are notably canals in Amsterdam, and perhaps Hampstead Heath is rhyming slang for teeth, though I've never heard it before. I have no idea where root can be found in the clue)

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  • irony towers
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    _ _ _ T / _ _ N _ L

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  • irony towers
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    _ _ _ T / _ _ N _ _

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  • irony towers
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    Discussed waterway journey in Amsterdam; on return, it puts you at ease with Hampstead Heath (4,5)

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  • Etienne
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    _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ _

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  • ad hoc
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    Originally posted by Etienne View Post
    That is a really excellent clue irony towers
    Can one of you explain it to me? (I get the definition, but none of the wordplay)

    Never mind, I finally workd it out

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  • Etienne
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    Paul Adams, leaving French childhood behind, dreamt bewilderingly of nearby city. (9)

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  • Etienne
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    That is a really excellent clue irony towers

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  • irony towers
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    Test wristspinner ace faced by Dhoni, coming from Radcliffe Road End (4,5)

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