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1ACCWC#558 - ANGELIC

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1 Clue: Lovely international pin up popped into party in Cape Town (7)
Anno: I+LEG< in ANC = lovely

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2 Clue: Sweet to arrange licentious engagement! (7)
Anno: Hidden word indicator - engagement; def = sweet

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3 Clue: Allegiance wanting ale rattled to become cherubic
Anno: Cherubic=angelic (definition). Wanting=deletion ind. Rattled=anagrind. (Allegiance-ale)*

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4 Clue: Adorable with genial, composed carriage basically (7)
Anno: ANGELI* C. Composed as anagrind. Definition: Adorable

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5 Clue: Reverse writing with a pencil, e.g. Nataraj, without any silly mistake (7)
Anno: Reverse hidden word (apenCILEGNAtaraj)<< ANGELIC = without any silly mistake

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6 Clue: Pious man avoiding malignance in action (7)
Anno: Def = pious, Anagram of (MALIGNANCE -MAN), in action = anagram ind (No second anagram indicator required since the letters of MAN appear in the same order in MALIGNANCE)

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7 Clue: Mainly agreeable, naturally gorgeous, exceptionally loving, incredibly charming and divine?
Anno: Acrostic suggested by mainly; definition divine.

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8 Clue: Heavenly bang elicited under cover? (7)
Anno: b_ANG ELIC_ited; "under cover?" to indicate the hidden

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9 Clue: Nice gal! Sorted and ethereal (7)
Anno: (NICE GAL)* with 'Sorted' as the anagram indicator, and 'ethereal' as the definition,

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10 Clue: Lovely gal with nice bust (7)
Anno: Definition = lovely. Anagram of GAL+NICE. Think of “bust” as in “broken” for the anagram indicator.

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11 Clue: Endlessly pounds ruins from the heavens (7)
Anno: [-B]ANG[-S] (pounds without ends) + [-R]ELIC[-S] (ancient artefacts without ends); DEF: From the heavens; A comment on the senseless bombing of Isfahan

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12 Clue: Ludicrously energetic, like a headless chicken, running rings around setter - very good!
Anno: MANIC is "ludicrously busy or energetic" per Chambers. If MANIC is like a headless chicken it loses its head = ANIC. Running rings around = containment indicator; GEL (e.g. in hair) is a thing that sets ergo a setter. Definition "very good".

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13 Clue: Gentle turning leg breaks, I can work out (7)
Anno: LEG<< inside (breaks) ICAN*. Def: Gentle

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14 Clue: Align odd bits of each moulded sweet (7)
Anno: Anagram of ALIGN+EC (“odd bits of EaCh”); anagrind: “moulded”; definition: "sweet"

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15 Clue: Cocktail of gin and ale, cold and divine (7)
Anno: (GIN + ALE)* + C; cocktail of= anag ind, cold= C, def= divine

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16 Clue: Saintly upright character captivated by wandering glance (7)
Anno: I (upright character or letter) inside (captivated by) anagram (wandering) of GLANCE. Def: Saintly

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17 Clue: Orange lichee extract is delicious (7)
Anno: Or(ange lic)hee def: delicious

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18 Clue: Eerie clang, i.e., something otherworldly (7)
Anno: Anagram CLANG + IE. Def: ‘something otherworldly’

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19 Clue: Heavenly glacier destroyed after capital of Russia moved to North
Anno: R (Capital of Russia) becomes N to give 'glacien', Anagrind = destroyed, Definition = heavenly

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20 Clue: Celestial lon's head gets smashed in cage
Anno: Definition: Celestial. Anagrind is 'gets smashed' L IN CAGE = ANGELIC

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21 Clue: Renewed vigilance after loss of sixth innocent (7)
Anno: (vi)GILANCE*: ‘renewed’ = anagrind; ‘after loss of sixth’ = indicator to drop VI from fodder; ‘innocent’ = def.

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22 Clue: Potty cleaning without beginning to nag, like a heaven-sent helper
Anno: CLEANING* delete N rest is def

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23 Clue: Like a church choir sings scales to loosen up, but without the sopranos (7)
Anno: (sINGs sCALEs)* anagrind is "to loosen up" (s = soprano abbr.); def is "Like a church choir"

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24 Clue: Divine messenger incharge
Anno: Angel + IC

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25 Clue: Elgar, naked, with niece, baring bottom – naughty or innocent?
Anno: (e)LGA(r) + NIEC(e), anagrammed (naughty). Innocent = angelic

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26 Clue: Lovely Alice danced chewing bits of nuts and gummies (7)
Anno: Definition: Lovely. Anno: (ALICE*) around (NG). Bits of - First letter selection indicator. Danced - Anagrind. Alice - Fodder. Chewing - Container Indicator

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