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1ACCWC#564 - MUSICAL

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1 Clue: No end to clumsy AI ravaged Chicago, say
Anno: Remove Y from clums(y) +AI, anagrind suggested by ravaged; Chicago (musical) is definition by example.

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2 Clue: Greek character, endlessly ill with criminal performance
Anno: Mu + sic(k) + al, definition: performance

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3 Clue: Foolish claims about leader of USA being harmonious (7)
Anno: CLAIMS* around U(sa); foolish= anag ind, about= container ind, leader of USA= U, def= harmonious

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4 Clue: The Sound of Music, perhaps!
Anno: The sound of music=musical/musical film, &lit

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5 Clue: Grease (or similar) metal briefly after friction thus
Anno: Grease is a MUSICAL. Metal = aluminiumn, in brief AL; place this after MU (friction) + SIC (thus)

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6 Clue: Nice to hear from you. And me? I abide... calm, composed (7)
Anno: Nice to hear - def, musical, from - connector, you and me , I - US, I , abide - containmentor, calm composed (anagram) - MCAL -> M(US I)CAL

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7 Clue: Melodious medley of overtures from Liza Minelli’s absolutely unforgettable songs in ‘Cabaret’ (7)
Anno: Definition: “melodious”; anagram (“medley of”) of acrostic (“overtures from”) = [LMAUSIC]*

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8 Clue: Maybe cats like a play with songs
Anno: Maybe cats = Musical (cats is famous musical); def: a play with songs

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9 Clue: Mary Poppins for one, still cycling around unserviceable island (7)
Anno: Mary Poppins for one is defination by example - still is calm - cycling around - unserviceable is US and island is I

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10 Clue: Leader in mafia and I see American gangster films—Bugsy Malone is one (7)
Anno: M + US(I C)AL. See = C (from Chambers); films = containment indicator; definition: Bugsy Malone is one (refers to the gangster musical)

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11 Clue: States involved in dubious claim—Oklahoma, for one (7)
Anno: US (= ‘[the] States’) in (CLAIM)* (‘dubious claim’ = M_ICAL); DBE: ‘Oklahoma, for one’

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12 Clue: Broadway production Rent culminates with net loss (7)
Anno: Def: Broadway production; anagrind: rent (torn up); CULMINATES* with NET removed

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13 Clue: Leaders of many urban settlements in central Argentina lionise Evita, say (7)
Anno: Acrostic; Evita is an example of a musical

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14 Clue: Chicago perhaps damaged claim about America (7)
Anno: Def.: Chicago perhaps (Def. - DBE); (CLAIM)* (damaged = anagrind) about (container indicator) America (US). The surface evokes Chicago’s political past and reputation for violence.

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15 Clue: Cats perhaps attack chaps, maul violently (7)
Anno: Def = Cats perhaps (DBE), SIC (attack - verb imperative) in MAUL*, chaps is insertion ind

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16 Clue: Theatrical performance of melodrama using songs in chorus and libretto, primarily
Anno: Acrostic, def= theatrical performance

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17 Clue: Melodic recital essentially calms heart of injured in a riot (7)
Anno: Anagram of (…I…CALMS …U…). Definition: Melodic. In a riot: anind

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18 Clue: Recurrent problem with internal-combustion starts to annoy Lewis Hamilton? (7)
Anno: SUM< + IC + A+L = Hamilton? (QM to indicate definition by example). Sum = problem; IC = internal-combustion; recurrent = running back in the opposite direction (all Chambers)

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19 Clue: Bizarre claim about American Cats, for example (7)
Anno: CLAIM * around US, Cats for example- def

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20 Clue: Mellow calm is sadly disrupted by Unionist (7)
Anno: Def: Mellow, CALMIS* (sadly is the anagrind) disrupted by U (Unionist)

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21 Clue: Upper class is calm, composed, well-tuned(7)
Anno: Definition: Well-tuned. Anno: (U+IS+CALM)". Upper class - U. Composed - Anagrind

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22 Clue: Broadway ultimately boycotts clumsy AI-generated play (7)
Anno: “Play” is the definition, as a musical is a type of play. Anagram of CLUMSY AI, minus Y (“Broadway ultimately boycotts” being the deletion indicator for Y). “Generated” as an anagram indicator is not listed in clue clinic, but its close synonym “created” is listed. I feel it’s not too much of a stretch to use “generated” in the same way.

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23 Clue: Wild claim shows America as La La Land, say
Anno: Anagram of claim holding US (shows America) . def = La La Land, say

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24 Clue: Theatre performance featuring overtures from Mame, Urinetown, Shrek, Irene, Cats, Annie, & Lizzie (7)
Anno: Acrostic. Def.: ‘Theatre performance’

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25 Clue: Calm is restored about naked guy in Hair, for example
Anno: CALMIS* about = containing gUy; Hair, for example = def. Context: HAIR was a controversial musical partly due to stage nudity

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