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Stupid stubby finers! Missed out an"a".

The clue shoud be:

Dr. Vale died at sea - dived right off a showboat (9)

One who had the courage to live recklessly (9)

Sofry - just reviewd #4 and remembered that the Dauntless was a WW2 dive bomber, so would prefer clue to read:

Dauntless diver landed a bomb and flew away (9)

Not sure whether "flew away" is acceptable as a subtraction indicator - it gives the impression that "flew" is the word to remove.

Posters back with Buttons and wicked stuntwoman (9)

Not an extraordinary beginning to David Lean movie (9)

Extraordinary having double duties

Forget that i threw the r away

No an extraordinary beginning (using railway foreground) to David Lean movie (9)

@Pedagogue - just my opinion, but 'in retirement' and 'flew away' both mean to me what you intended. I've seen the former used in crosswords. And, as you point out, the latter has the embedded cunning of misdirection, ie that we might think 'flew' is being removed or anagrammated.

(PS This is not a comment on the clues per se, as we don't prior to the deadline for entries.)

stevea6000
Thanks!

Hi Pedagogue, can I check my parsing for #10?
Plucky lawyer takes on Department 650
I'm taking it as

DA, lawyer + RE, on + D, department......+ VI (6) + L (50)
so I'm missing an E