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1. A goat is given goad or a dog shot? |
1. | Sucker in goat and sucker in sucker-punch are the same meaning of sucker |
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4. American box unexpectedly turning up in checks run randomly |
1. | Not getting the meaning of the surface – how does box turn up in checks and run ? |
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5. Attack from behind: shoot with dash and zest. |
1. | clever inclusion of the – (dash); good succinct surface | 2. | The only submission to clue the hyphen gets my vote |
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6. Audience support given to hook-nosed, slapstick character produced a surprise hit |
1. | interesting use of homophone; a little verbose description of "Punch". |
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7. Blow from behind disturbs checkups run across the pond (11) |
1. | Surface doesn’t make much sense |
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9. Caught unawares, the bowler awkwardly checks run up |
1. | Bowler has no role in the wordplay and is redundant |
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10. Charlie Pierce may surprise you |
1. | Sucker in sucker punch and sucker as a credulous person is the same word and therefore would be short of cryptic element |
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11. Checks run-up..damaged? It's an unexpected blow! (6-5) |
1. | One of the better 'checks run up' anagram surface stories |
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12. Cock-up! He's run out scoring zero – an unexpected blow |
1. | I would have given this more, but I'm not entirely convinced 'scoring' works as a subtraction indicator without eg 'through'. | 2. | Good surface for a tough word | 3. | Liked the use of "scoring" as a deletion with good surface |
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14. Consumer drink for Noel Coward's play |
1. | Don’t get the &lit interpretation of the clue | 2. | I like the Noel / Coward conjunction. ‘Consumer’ for ‘sucker’ is a bit vague. |
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15. Cowardly Yankee blow. Don't blow queen slug. |
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17. Doctor runs check-up; result delivers unexpected blow |
1. | Not sure “result delivers” is a valid connecting phrase leading to definition | 2. | Good idea, 19 just has the edge | 3. | best of the "runs check-up" anagrams |
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19. Doctor runs checkup – you get unexpected jab |
1. | Best of the doctored check-ups |
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20. Dummy with a mixture of fruity flavours is a surprise hit. |
1. | Disguises definition in a plausible surface story |
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21. Eccentric check up nurse scratching one's back is an unexpected hit (6-5) |
1. | Although stretching the imagination the surface story made me smile and the anagram word play is different |
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22. Heck! Car spun out of control around bend, taking a hit you didn't see coming (6,5) |
1. | “Taking” doesn’t seem to be a valid connector in the cryptic reading. |
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25. Jab unexpectedly delivered as doctor runs check-up |
1. | ‘as doctor’ isn’t grammatical in the cryptic reading |
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26. Maybe user of straw with drink will give unseemly blow |
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27. Mötley Crüe's punk choir is a surprise hit |
1. | Almost great, but ch for choir isn’t familiar enough to omit a hint that it’s abbreviated. | 2. | Is CH an acceptable abbreviation for 'choir'? |
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28. Mug seaside entertainer in surprise attack (6,5) |
1. | Very good surface story disguising definition |
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30. Mug with bit of wit at church is a surprising hit |
1. | Along the lines of clue28,but with a less convincing surface story |
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31. Punk crouches awkwardly and with nothing to lose delivers unexpected blow. |
1. | clever subtraction, though perhaps somewhat dubious to a Ximenean |
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35. Sounds like Czechs run up breaking strike without warning! (6-5) |
1. | Indirect anagram | 2. | Indirect anagram |
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38. Suddenly lick asshole (6-5) |
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39. Surprise bash? |
1. | Good one | 2. | Stand out clue – Excellence using just the right two words |
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41. Sweet alcoholic drink delivering an unexpected wallop |
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45. Unexpected plug giving support to the Listener magazine |
1. | clever homophone indicator; good succinct surface |
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48. Without warning, hit and shoot abusive husband |
1. | Not quite sure the word order for the def works well enough for a verb but a good attempt at a different approach |
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