SERENDIPITY (tidy sniper+E)
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“Phooey!” lit it the F’ up, but not like this to a T catch phrase, Mister. (1,4,3,4)
I PITY THE FOOL (phooey + lit + it + f)
That aged mill removed the last of mold, but still had a certain smell. (9)
OLFACTORY (old-d+factory)
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Idol host asked “Is art necessary?”(4,8)
RYAN SEACREST (art necessary*)
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Cross with hesitation to get to central part (7)
Cross with hesitation to get to central part (7)
STERNUM (stern + um)
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Variety promises a nude Clive Owen series. (8, 5)
MONSIEUR SPADE (promised a nude*)
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Expert was taped curiously. (5)
ADEPT (taped*)
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Heard of fear of flight? Not this prehistoric creature! (9)
Heard of fear of flight? Not this prehistoric creature! (9)
PTEROSAUR (“terror soar”)
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A little bear mourns air disaster. (4, 5)
URSA MINOR (anagram)
Cheers barfly, Amos’s friend, visits WWII battle site. (8)
Cheers barfly, Amos’s friend, visits WWII battle site. (8)
NORMANDY (Norm + Andy)
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Welsh poet’s Almond Hasty Pudding. (5, 6)
DYLAN THOMAS (almond hasty anagram)
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Real atheism says embrace total pandemonium (4,8)
MASS HYSTERIA (anagram)
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Splitting headache (7)
“I have a splitting headache” said the oily man.(7)
anagram of “oily man”
ALIMONY
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The idle district attorney left Monday and billed for a song about an abbreviated month in New York (4,4)
MONY MONY (MONDAY - DA + MO + NY)
Do-it Yourself project gets turned around when preparing a meal for Ashekenazi. (7)
YIDDISH (DIY backwards + dish)
Astute Danish leader succeeds harridan (5)
Oops, sorry, should have been:
Astute Danish leader succeeds harridan (6)
SHREWD (shrew + D)
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Canceled lease interrupts activity (7)
Canceled lease interrupts activity (7)
DELETED (de - let - ed)
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Unnaturally toadless TV show. (3, 5)