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1ACCWC#591 - GAME PLANS

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1 Clue: Strategies for partners to follow : First person fills space left by another, primarily
Anno: First person = Me, Space = Gap, Left = L, Another primarily = A, Partners = NS - GA(ME)P +L+ A(nother)followed by NS - Defn Strategies

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2 Clue: Dreadful mental gaps allow no time for strategies (4,5)
Anno: MENTALGAPS* ("dreadful" is the anagrind) - T (allow no time), def: strategies

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3 Clue: Donate a pound to Slytherin publication in return for Quidditch tactics?
Anno: Insert L [a pound] into SNAPE [Slytherin[ MAG [publication] and reverse to get GAME PLANS [Quidditch tactics, say]

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4 Clue: After mega drubbing, President used slang discounting 'not good' strategies (4, 5)
Anno: Anagram of MEGA + P + Anagram of SLANG ignoring (= discounting) G. Def: Strategies

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5 Clue: Step-by-step approaches for cooking lasagne, essentially simple (4,5)
Anno: Anagram (cooking) LASAGNE (standard UK spelling) + MP (middle letters of siMPle); Def.: Step-by-step approaches

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6 Clue: Most gay men play no sports primarily. Coaches might make them (4,5)
Anno: [Ga(-y) Me(-n) Pla(-y) N(-o) + S]. Most = indicator to delete last letters from fodder. Sports primarily = S. Def = Coaches might make them.

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7 Clue: Piano incorporated in Indonesian music ensemble’s programmes (4,5)
Anno: GAMELAN is a traditional Indonesian music ensemble (very soothing music btw). Here, P (piano) goes into GAMELAN’S. “Programmes” as definition

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8 Clue: One ignored profits adopting ample mercurial strategies (4,5)
Anno: GAINS-I AROUND AMPLE*

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9 Clue: Prepare a new sample adopting good tactics (4,5)
Anno: (A+N+SAMPLE*) around (G). Good - G. New - N. Sample - Part of fodder. Adopting - Container indicator. Prepare - Anagrind. Definition - Tactics.

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10 Clue: Ready? Play with partners dropping unknown strategies (4,5)
Anno: Ready GAME PLA ( - y unknown) NS partners. Def STRATEGIES

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11 Clue: Tactics for match factories running out of time
Anno: Match=game, factories=plants, -t (running out of time), definition - tactics

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12 Clue: Deftly manages to cover Premier League strategies (4, 5)
Anno: Anagram with containment and abbreviation; def = strategies; deftly (anagrind) MANAGES* ; to cover (containment); PL = Premier League

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13 Clue: Distorted MAGA lens taking in Trump's latest schemes (4,5)
Anno: Anagram (distorted) of MAGA LENS taking in P (Trump's latest); Def: schemes

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14 Clue: Shocked MAGA starts to see electorate now loathes Trump's latest strategies
Anno: Shocked = anagram indicator; MAGA + S + E + N + L + P; Strategies = def

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15 Clue: Busy German salesman, heading out full of positive strategies (4,5)
Anno: G SALESMAN -S around P anagrammed , BUSY- anagram indicator

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16 Clue: Indonesian groups adopting last-gasp strategies
Anno: GAMELANS <- (gas)P

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17 Clue: Strategies to manage mental gaps without tension
Anno: Anagram of MENTAL GAPS - T

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18 Clue: Playbooks from Indonesian ensembles including piano (4,5)
Anno: Gamelans containing P, Def - playbooks (playbooks is a very familiar term for the Juilliard goers)

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19 Clue: Tactics to harry Megan and pals (4,5)
Anno: Anagrind (harry) megan pals. Defn- tactics

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20 Clue: Distorted angles on map schemes
Anno: (ANGLES+MAP)* def: schemes

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21 Clue: Sample gang endlessly rolling to decide strategies.
Anno: Anagram of sample+gang-g(endless) ; anind: rolling; definition: strategies=game plans

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22 Clue: Strategies for including piano in the middle of Indonesian orchestras (4,5)
Anno: Strategies - Defn; including - insertion indicator; piano - P; Indonesian orchestras - GAMELANS, so GAME(P)LANS => GAME PLANS

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23 Clue: Angels map out strategies (4, 5)
Anno: (ANGELS MAP)*; anagrind “out”; def. “strategies”

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24 Clue: Strategies to cure male pangs (4,5)
Anno: Def: Strategies Fodder: malepangs Anagram Indicator: Cure

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25 Clue: Willing student in presentation auditorium initially gets extremely nervous unveiling strategies (4,5)
Anno: Strategies (Defn) - (GAME)(P...n)(L)(A....m)(N....S), Willing - Game, Student - L

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26 Clue: Initially, good analysts must examine past losses, assessing new strengths for coaches’ preparations (4,5)
Anno: Definition: coaches’ preparations, Acrostic, indicator is initially

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27 Clue: Artfully manages to retain power with liberal strategies (4,5)
Anno: MANAGES* around (P + L); artfully= anag ind, to retain= cont ind, power= P, liberal= L, def is strategies

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28 Clue: Criminal manages to nab record about strategies (4,5)
Anno: PL<- in MANAGES*. About: reversal indicator. Definition: strategies

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29 Clue: Eliminating sides from Ecuador manager contrived to win football league with special tactics (4,5)
Anno: (MANAGER-ER)* around EPL (English Premier League)+S. Def: Tactics

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