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    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

    Patty Brahms (9)

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      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

      1 Hamburger district
      P.O. (7,7)

      And for your bonus,

      2 A tower first (6)

      3 Sounds like DG's gaff (6)

      4 Ropey Beatles hangout ((pre-beer an' H-bombs) (10)

      5 A pink lust, a shag (5,5)

      20,000+ Solutions are ilnked

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        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

        Duncan Gardner wrote: 1 Hamburger district
        P.O. (7,7)

        And for your bonus,

        2 A tower first (6)

        3 Sounds like DG's gaff (6)

        4 Ropey Beatles hangout ((pre-beer an' H-bombs) (10)

        5 A pink lust, a shag (5,5)

        20,000+ Solutions are ilnked

        20,000 solutions are linked? Not 10,000?

        (As I've got 4 and 5, I suppose I should really be able to fathom the primary from them)

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          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

          1 __ __ __ R __ __ R / __ __ __ __ __ __ R

          2 __ __ T O __ __

          3 __ __ S T __ __

          4 __ __ __ P __ __ B __ __ __

          5 __ A __ K __ / __ A __ __ __

          Solutions spoiler:

          QUARTER PO[UNDER]

          ALTON/A

          ALSTER (homophone)

          REEPERBAHN (anagram & translation)

          SANKT PAULI (anagram)

          Postal/ zip codes for Hamburg are in the range 20000-29999

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            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

            I have a candidate for the main solution, though it would appear to require some questionable maths.

            Edit: Ok, I now see that it's a Dingbat-esque "P.O. under"; I was thinking on the lines of P.O. as (roughly) a quarter of "pounder".

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              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

              Downing quarter pounder with trimmings and chips as side-order - the works! (9)

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                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                _ _ _ _ D _ _ _ _

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                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                  _ _ _ _ D _ I _ _

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                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                    _ O _ _ D _ I _ _

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                      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                      If she fled, confused, from former home of many foundries (9)

                      PS I don't really get how "Downing quarter pounder with trimmings" gets us to "ound"

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                        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                        1 "Not much happening in Sheffield" reports Soviet Epic (3,5,5,3,3)

                        and for your bonus

                        2 Defend his futile disgrace of a team (9,6)

                        3 Seat of 'power' in Sheffield (12)

                        4 Rubbish woman's terrible acting (9)

                        5 Blarney's bullshit! (8)

                        Solutions may be linked by riding west


                        Solution spoiler:

                        1 AND QUIET FLOWS THE DON

                        2 SHEFFIELD UNITED (anagram)

                        3 HILLSBOROUGH

                        4 ROT/HER/HAM

                        5 BARNSLEY (anagram)

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                          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                          A yak meddled disastrously, & caused the Great Sheffield Flood? [4,4,3]

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                            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

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                              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                              ad hoc wrote:

                              I don't really get how "Downing quarter pounder with trimmings" gets us to "ound"
                              Quite often I've seen 'quarter' as an indicator of N, E, S or W. It's downing, i.e. removing, a quarter (=E) from 'pounder' and then losing the outer bits ('with trimmings').

                              I accept it's arguable whether 'with trimmings' should mean that it keeps the outer bits; the surface reading fitted better with taking it in the opposite sense.

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                                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                The Dale Dyke Dam is standing tall in second Eastern European country (8)

                                __ A __ __ __ T __ __

                                Parsing spoiler:

                                The Dale Dyke Dam is standing fast in/ second/ eastern European country (8)

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                                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                  Er, whoops. I seem to have jumped a step ahead there, still reminiscing on my extended weekend walking tour of the West Riding.

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                                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                    __ A __ __ __ T __ __

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                                      Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                      Duncan Gardner wrote: Er, whoops. I seem to have jumped a step ahead there, still reminiscing on my extended weekend walking tour of the West Riding.
                                      ?

                                      (Was that a clue?

                                      Got an answer. Not convinced - can't see the wordplay & doesn't answer the clue)

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                                        Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                        __ A __ A __ T __ __

                                        And see parsing spoiler above...

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                                          Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                          __ A __ A __ T __ N

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                                            Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                            I think I know what it must be, but have no idea why or how

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                                              Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                              Speak about deception previously imposed upon Hayastan? [7]

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                                                Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                ad hoc wrote: I think I know what it must be, but have no idea why or how
                                                Wikipedia is our steadfast friend in these circumstances!

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                                                  Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                  Hayastan is what i had - but I have no idea how the wordplay works

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                                                    Friday Cryptic Crossword Game

                                                    The Dale Dyke Dam is standing fast in/ [second]/ eastern European country (8)

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