Cryptic overlaps

ANCESTRY (A+INCEST-IT+TRY)

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A dry beer complemented the loaf.(3,5)

Rye bread (anagram)

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Right before methamphetamine, Annie took another medicine (16)

It’s a charade, using words evoked by: Right + Methamphetamine + Annie

I don’t think any of us are familiar with 16-letter medical terms.

You may as well take the win and present a new clue, Oly.

DEXTROMETHORPHAN

Dextro + Meth + Orphan

+++

I will be back later with a clue…

Useful, like the cards you are dealt? (5)

Handy

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You eat supper first, agree? (3)

YES (first letters)


Adventure makes park large for a Cadillac. (8)

Adventure makes park large for a Cadillac. (8)

ESCALADE (Escapade - p + d) (or theoretically it could be ESCAPADE with escalade as the wordplay)

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Swan star dead; been blowed up real good. (5)

Deneb (been + d)

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Bag pipe left mangled in New York (3,5)

BIG APPLE (bag + pipe + l)


Dysfunctional spousal ire is reptilian in nature. (10)

PLESIOSAUR (anagram)

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I don’t believe the story about the man hurt by his pets, do you?(5,4)

Urban myth (man hurt by)

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Awful journalist identified bar-cutters tool (7)

HATCHET (double meaning)

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The CIA has a large moral obligation.(7)

Incorrect.

Awful journalist identified bar-cutters tool (7)

HACKSAW (Hack + Saw)

Move in and out, we’ve heard. (5)

+++++

or if you prefer…

The CIA has a large moral obligation.(7)

ETHICAL (anagram) (“The CIA” anagram + L)

Desert vacation. (5)

WEAVE (WE’VE)
LEAVE (double defintion)


Airlock clothing overwhelming you with acrid bile. (9)

I’ll give a hint. Airlock is the definition.

VESTIBULE (VEST+U+bile)

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A small bear ate fruit and got wasted.(7)

Reworded

A small bear came back to eat mixed fruit and threw up.(7)