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1ACCWC#588 - TAKE OFF

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1 Clue: Go ape! (4,3)
Anno: Double def. Take off = go, take off = ape (imitate)

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2 Clue: Remove cryptic Kate
Anno: Def= Remove, Cryptic Kate = Take off

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3 Clue: Contrarily, fail to bolt on, stay put on land?
Anno: Antonymic ("contrarily") quadruple definition. Fail = opposite of succeed, prosper, take off; bolt on = opposite of detach, take off; stay = opposite of leave, split, take off; put on = opposite of remove, take off an item of clothing; land = opposite of take off in a plane.

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4 Clue: Jack rabbit? (4,3)
Anno: Double definition. Jack = steal; rabbit = run away (meaning listed in Collins dictionary)

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5 Clue: Find success with attempt at anagram indicator
Anno: Def: "Find success", "attempt" = TAKE, "anagram indicator" = OFF

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6 Clue: Setters Kate and Shed
Anno: Reverse cryptic: TAKE OFF = KATE

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7 Clue: Accept bid without hesitation and leave
Anno: Accept=take, bid=offer, without hesitation= -er

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8 Clue: Kate, go on holiday (4,3)
Anno: KATE* OFF anagrind from solution RA clue. def: Go on holiday

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9 Clue: Strip to become popular? (4, 3)
Anno: Double definition

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10 Clue: Remove topping of eggs in fine kofta dish (4,3)
Anno: Remove-DEF , E inside FKOFTA* , dish - ANAGRAM IND

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11 Clue: Run away from ape (4,3)
Anno: Double definition: run away= take off, ape (verb as in imitate)= take off

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12 Clue: STRIP TEASE (4,3)
Anno: DD

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13 Clue: Shed ape (4,3)
Anno: It's a double definition. If you shed a piece of clothing, you take it off. If you mimic someone, you take them off.

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14 Clue: Leave cancelled after the account keeper erred basically (4,3)
Anno: OFF after T A K E. Definition: leave

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15 Clue: British aristocrat stores headless rake in shed (4,3)
Anno: Shed (Definition) - T(rAKE)OFF, British aristocrat - Toff, stores - containment ind, headless - first letter del ind

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16 Clue: What airplanes do from runway strip (4, 3)
Anno: Double Definition. 1>What airplanes do from runway 2>strip

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17 Clue: Undress Kate? (4,3)
Anno: Def: Undress, Reverse Anagram: Kate is “Take Off”

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18 Clue: Go away and imitate what Ariane does
Anno: Def1: Go away; Def2: imitate; Def3: What Ariane (rocket) does

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19 Clue: Extraordinary feat of king to leave the ground (4,3)
Anno: (FEAT+OF+K)*. King - K. Extraordinary - Anagrind. Definition - to leave the ground

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20 Clue: Stop being down to earth, strip away (4-3)
Anno: Dd/cd, Cryptic definition (take-off , take off)

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21 Clue: Oft fake being unwell and stay home from work
Anno: OFTFAKE* anag. (Indicator: “being unwell”)

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22 Clue: Imitate Kate, cryptically?
Anno: Reverse Anagram- answer is fodder and anagrind- take off. Definition is imitate.

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23 Clue: Beat it, Kate ! (4, 3)
Anno: Reverse Anagram; def = beat it

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24 Clue: Some shiitake of France catch on (4,3)
Anno: Hidden (indicated by 'some') in shiiTAKE OF France; (shiitake is the same in singular and plural, so 'catch on' agrees); Def.: catch on (become popular, ref. Collins, Oxford)

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