DT Cryptic Crossword - Monday

Where goats go to escape
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Globus
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Morning puzzlers (from here). Nice bright dry and sunny weather.

(I used to be able to peer into a girl's eyes and tell weather.) 1A
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STRIKE BACK
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Thanks and greetings, Globus. A warm afternoon in Osaka.

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Morning FK. Nothing to frighten the horses today. Maybe 13D is not a well known expression.
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NEAREST
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Good morning. Overcast.
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KANGAROO COURT
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PICTURE PALACE
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STAGE WHISPERS
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FISHING TACKLE
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Sunny clear morning, 21C

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= open season > female swan = pen inside anagram of one as so (flustered)
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= happen > run of letters (some) cHAP PENalised
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= needles > definition styluses, unnecessary mostly = needles(s)
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CROSSPATCH
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= pikelet > anag of LIKE (mad), inside PET (favourite) being a type of crumpet (teacake)
Hope Grandpa's paying attention!
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Expect we are done. This was a 20 minute one for me, typical Monday simplicity.

Too late to pop up the Times'. I expect you are all in the garden enjoying the sunshine.

Catch you tomorrow.
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tabascoboy wrote: Mon Jun 14, 2021 8:12 am 25A
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= pikelet > anag of LIKE (mad), inside PET (favourite) being a type of crumpet (teacake)
Hope Grandpa's paying attention!
I am! And appreciate your explanations thank you!

My brain is slowly re-wiring....
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