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5d. Paternal attempts to include RE separately for people of like mind
BIRDS OF A FEATHER
Parse?

notaz good clue
it's bids of a father (paternal attempts)
with re separately inserted
on second thoughts, it's quite clever, but i still don't like it!

Well sussed, ChrisE....i don't like the clue.

9a. Attack at the front - retreating, nothing is captured
INVASION
Parse?

IN VAN at the front
including IS backwards
and O (nothing)

Cheers ChrisE....didn't know IN VAN meant 'in front '

5a. Calling rich person worn out? Good
NO-BALLING
Parse?

I assume this is NOB + ALL IN + G. Not sure that all in means worn out, but Chambers has ‘exhausted’. No-ball is a ‘call’ (by the umpire) in cricket but I’ve never heard of no-balling.

NO-BALLING.... Thanks Jono. Other than cricket, never heard of 'no-balling'... It came from the same crossword as BIRDS OF A FEATHER, which I also didn't like.

17a. Husband enters Sacré-Coeur and St Sulpice, say, and other places of worship
PARISH CHURCHES

I get the parse except for the st Sulpice connection.

21a. Bone set with a common purpose
PHALANX
Parse?

26a. Old people here turned in precious stones, initially
ICENI

Parse?

8d. They go out for a Latin class
EXEUNT
Parse?