SALMAN RUSHDIE (anagram of “rushed animals”)
Slow, diminishing death by orange pekoe (4)
Diet (DIE + T)
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Shingles sufferer, tackled, had strawberry. (5, 8)
Shingles sufferer, tackled, had strawberry. (5, 8)
TERRY BRADSHAW (anagram)
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Poet’s broken sword added value (10)
Wordsworth?
You got it.
Believe me, a single proton can be the main point of an argument (6)
THRUST (trust + H)
Confused? Meant “s” to stand for “string” (6)
Confused? Meant “s” to stand for “string” (6)
STAMEN (anagram)
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Dishonest comedian lampooned America. (10)
MENDACIOUS (comedian + us)
In Soviet Union, you owe terribly if you’re extorting! (8)
Usurious? (USSR + u + o … but then there’s another u and an i… possibly from “if you’re”? Long shot I know)
Correct! ussr + u + iou
Silly solver doesn’t use Lysol but still polishes flatware (6)
SILVER (Silly solver - Lysol)
Truly, we did cover it yesterday! (6)
Truly, we did cover it yesterday! (6)
VERITY (container)
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Movie pirate’s lawyer led Bo astray (11)
YELLOWBEARD (lawyer led Bo)
The truly passionate aren’t including certain vitamin. (6)
Ardent? (aren’t + D, although “aren’t including” would seem to imply a letter should be dropped not added)
If correct:
After the crowd size tripled, Bert came back and everyone followed (7)
Correct. That’s the beauty of cryptics. Sometimes the definition clues masquerade as something else.
TREBLED (Bert backward + led)
Revolutionary idea drawn from era (9)
EDWARDIAN (idea drawn anagram)
Firmly fixes talons (5)
Firmly fixes talons (5)
NAILS (double definition)
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One of eight thousand or more incomprehensible Shanghai maps (12)