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faiton

27th May 2020, 17:22
Yes you are absolutely right. Let's blame autocorrect.

Sometimes cryptic orthodoxy reveals emotions up front producing quarrel (5)
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fieryjack

27th May 2020, 17:44
Goal my points covered (5)
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skyewalker

27th May 2020, 18:08
(Thanks for the @20 parse, Aristo. Spot on. Sorry, Dorrien, if it was a bit convoluted).

A very small tweak (removal of one letter) to my @40, if I may.

Original soft-centre sweet picked up, for example (5)
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jws

27th May 2020, 19:30
Account needs removal of footwear for settlement (5)
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jws

27th May 2020, 19:48
Duck out of the running (5)
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jws

27th May 2020, 19:56
Perfect double vision? (5)
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dorrien

27th May 2020, 20:08
WELCOME BACK PIGALE

Thanks all for your entries. Roughly 14 competitors and 31 clues.

Bearing in mind that this is all subjective and a thread for fun – a shortlist:-

Music to win a lady? (5)
Interestingly my Chambers and on-line Thesaurus does not include music as a synonym for score. I think it's fine.

Succeed in pulling model escort with time to spare (5)
Perfectly good subtractive with good surface

Caught in yearning, taken aback...what passion drives men to do (5)
Solved this one before the explanation though I have not seen eros uncapitalized.

Tick off husband, leaving chores undone (5)
A smile for sure.

Orchestrate disc or extra insertion (5)
I think I prefer this to the second version. I like orchestrate.

Mark 3:1 ?
Nice misdirection.

Small company about to succeed (5)
Good effort. Definition a little iffy though.

Grudge my being in the Home Counties? (5)
I like grudge and the word play is fair

Sometimes cryptic orthodoxy reveals emotions up front producing quarrel (5)
Gets a special mention for the topicality.

I think I am going to give this one to Marty for the succinct

Mark 3:1?(5)

Well done.
Your prize is 3 minutes long and is about Monarchs that our British friends may not know. But I think Australia has some??



https://fstoppers.com/documentary/drone-disguised-hummingbird-captures-incredible-footage-monarch-butterfly-swarm-480714

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tyke51

27th May 2020, 21:02
Well done Marty - thanks Dorrien, enjoyed the clip. Sorry about the unpleasantness everyone but I don`t `do` orthodoxy - cryptic or otherwise ! (nice one Faiton)
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bigbadmarty2

27th May 2020, 21:05
Blimey, thanks dorrien. What a display !

I actually had to look up how to write Biblical reference notation. After submitting that clue I felt that maybe I should have scoured Mark's gospel for a verse relevant to 'score'. The 3-1 just being an example of a soccer score. Other sports were of course available.

I'll be here next week to oversee things.

Marty


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chrise

27th May 2020, 21:14
Congrats BBM2.
Thanks dorrien, and for the mention - I did think that tyke's take on that inclusion was better!
Amazing drone!
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