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    Spread-eagled means 'A body with limbs extended wide; spec. a person secured with the arms and legs stretched out," (OED) so not reaching for the stars

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      Listed after being badly cut, Delagoa (10)

      (Terrible clue, I think, but really struggled to do anything with Delagoa)

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        Catalogued letters set

        (10)

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          You and I , trapped inside, exist, coagulated, yet covered in bling (10)

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            Within halo, bejewelled turning fevered (5)

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              Last edited by Nefertiti2; 14-07-2018, 13:24.

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                Unbiased Doctor of ebola virus shown door, kind of.


                (6)

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                  Unbiased Doctor of ebola virus shown door, kind of.


                  (6)

                  _ _ _ V _ _

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                    Appallingly, no salami in the Louvre! (4,4)

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                      As Mona Lisa's family (or Ursus Arctos's) take the biscuit (10)
                      Last edited by Duncan Gardner; 15-07-2018, 18:32.

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                        . L . R . . T . N .
                        Last edited by Duncan Gardner; 16-07-2018, 15:03.

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                          Edited above

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                            Nora Batty's Florentine flower (4)

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                              1 Arno flowed to Algerian port (4)

                              2 Eye rank badly for 1's Europa League supremo (7)

                              3 2 in the news in Myanmar? Thankless (6)

                              4 Film A Level hit with 3's shelter (3,5,3)

                              5 In 4, is BA vetted thoroughly? (5,5)

                              Bonus solutions spoiler

                              2 KEARNEY (anagram)

                              3 MARTHA (hidden)

                              4 ALL [ABOUT] EVE/ AL[EVE]L

                              5 BETTE DAVIS (anagram)
                              Last edited by Duncan Gardner; 17-07-2018, 10:33.

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                                Did Oran collapse because of an operating system? (7)

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                                  America confessed to Korean Android (7)

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                                    . . M . . . G

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                                      PEXWord, anyone?

                                      D _ A _ T _

                                      Want date to get the dirt? (6)



                                      Drasty? But I can't fathom how it works, and drasty is more of an adjective than a noun meaning dirt, isn't it?

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                                        Dearth? D=date, earth =dirt. Want =dearth

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                                          Ah.

                                          I had dearth pencilled in, but thinking "shortage" rather than the need, and went, "nah".


                                          Cheers!

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                                            I think it is shortage, basically. As in "War on Want"

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                                              Modest faculty of Samsung Uni (10)

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                                                Originally posted by ad hoc View Post
                                                I think it is shortage, basically. As in "War on Want"
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                                                The award for the first reference of the month to George Galloway goes to ad hoc…

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                                                  Haha, eventually realised the answer was just above my screen....

                                                  Samsung oddly describe Apple users (4)

                                                  Edit: balls

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                                                    Preferred your clue though Kev. Applause

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