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| 2. Agitation in Florida state(7) |
| 1. | Neat and clean | | 2. | good succinct clue; I'm not entirely sure about agitation as def. | | 3. | Good succinct clue but whilst 'state' is vital for the wordplay it is redundant in the surface story which weakens its disguise |
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| 3. Appalling left turns Poles avoided to see fan |
| 1. | Not exactly something I expect anyone would utter. It's nicer when the surface reading is a natural(esque) sentence |
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| 4. Backing financial tips? Sheer speculation ! (7) |
| 1. | ‘Backing’ is redundant | | 2. | Different surface story / word play providing a well-disguised definition |
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| 5. Bat chewed butterfly, discarding the wings |
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| 6. Bat following turtle all around is what peacocks do! A small bet? |
| 1. | Adding multiple definitions has rendered the surface nonsensical |
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| 7. Beat Florida state (7) |
| 1. | Best of the Florida clues |
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| 9. Bet musician keeps time. |
| 1. | Neat with a good surface | | 2. | Seems like an odd thing to bet on. |
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| 10. Bet of gutless fool, say |
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| 11. Both sides in final say it’s a gamble |
| 1. | Very good straightforward word play with a good surface story |
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| 12. Both sides in Final speak of feeling nervous. |
| 1. | Utter is synonymous with ‘speak’ but not ‘speak of’ |
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| 14. Butterfly swimming losing by a long shot? Could be (7) |
| 1. | Best of the butterflies |
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| 16. Dance bar’s appropriate after I methodically fill up (to the brim) |
| 1. | I’m not sure any solver would work out the wordplay that removes the m |
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| 17. Dance foxtrot with Mock Turtle! |
| 1. | Nice, playful surface sense |
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| 21. Female turtle's wiggle (7) |
| 1. | I can’t think of any sense in which a turtle might flutter |
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| 22. Fine line between this and sheer chaos. |
| 1. | Not convinced the def of 'flutter' stretches to 'chaos'. Otherwise its different and appealing word play would make this a very good clue |
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| 25. Following learner driver, complete gamble |
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| 26. Following mess, Conservative leader quits leading to speculation |
| 1. | Almost nice clue but I’m a stickler for accuracy: C is ‘Conservative’s leader’ | | 2. | Conservatives’ leader or just Conservative would be better | | 3. | Stand out clue with excellent word play providing a topical surface story and disguised definition |
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| 27. Football League leaders provide a sound bet |
| 1. | I’d prefer League’s leaders |
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| 29. Frisky turtle going after female is a racing sensation |
| 1. | Nice definition, doesn’t quite describe a turtle |
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| 31. Jack might do this easily, in a breeze! |
| 1. | Good clue but too many other words could be valid answers |
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| 33. Left turf without a farthing, this having been misplaced? |
| 1. | Lovely, but 'this' is superfluous in the cryptic reading | | 2. | Excellent. | | 3. | Nicely constructed & lit. |
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| 35. Loud struggle in Paris caused a tremor (7) |
| 1. | I think 'lutter' is too obscure of a French word | | 2. | 'Causes/causing' would have been preferable. |
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| 36. Movement of Zebra Longwing from Florida state (7) |
| 1. | Good clue. The name of the butterfly does turn this is more of a trivia clue. Technically, this would be a semi-&Lit | | 2. | Good knowledge! |
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| 38. Occasionally felt state of excitement! (7) |
| 1. | “Of” as connector doesn’t work |
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| 42. Sensation with heart adrift, say? |
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| 48. We heard you flatter indiscriminately without a bat of an eye. |
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| 49. What flautist deploying tip of tongue produces? |
| 1. | Pulls off using a less well-known definition with accurate wordplay to produce &lit – bravo! |
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| 50. What Spooner's butterfly does after shedding its cocoon (7) |
| 1. | Creative, but 'its cocoon' would be FY |
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