You have come so close. Y is yellow…
Y seen in SAUCERS anagram = Orange.
And I can’t find any fruits with those letters.
Not Orange as a fruit, Orange as a…
Start with S…
Took me long enough.
SYRACUSE (anagram and an allusion to the Syracuse Orangemen)
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When ye go into citrus, ye’ll get a feeling of being safe. (8)
SECURITY (ye + citrus)
(Clemson is also orange, dadgummit.)
Dictators allegedly get even and make complaints. (7)
TYRANTS (TIE + RANTS)
There was a mix-up at the type font factory. Old E’s went to Philadelphia, newer ones went to Boston, but you have to go to Washington to get the latest E. (7)
There was a mix-up at the type font factory. Old E’s went to Philadelphia, newer ones went to Boston, but you have to go to Washington to get the latest E. (7)
SEATTLE (latest E-- anagram)
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Pound paroled cat (7)
LEOPARD (paroled anagram)
The passionate dwell in card enterprises. (6)
ARDENT (cARD ENTerprises)
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Donor at odds with weatherman’s dire prediction.(7)
Tornado (DONOR + AT)
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The butter is smoking hot! (2,1,4)
The butter is smoking hot! (2,1,4)
ON A ROLL (& lit)
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Izzy Mandelbaum vigorously exercised Dodgers’ Billy . (5, 7)
LLOYD BRIDGES (anagram and actor)
You only need to entertain eight of them to pantomime. (11)
GESTICULATE (“just tickle eight” homophone)
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Try to tie me up? Cheeky!
GESTICULATE (“just tickle eight” homophone)
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Try to tie me up? Cheeky!
How many letters please?
(I was thinking “Guest Tickle Eight” on the last one, but I think either solution works.)
8 letters. Sorry about that.
Temerity (TRY + TIE + ME)
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Jasmine’s parrot returned to The Grossglockner (5)
Revised to expunge geographic misattribution of The Grossglockner. My apologies to players and the mountain.
Jasmine’s parrot flew back to western Austria.(5)
Does IAGO figure into the answer?
Tyrol is in the Australian Alps but I have seen no connection with the rest of the clue.