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He’s hardly able to hide a bit of a broken vase (5) HINT 1: Hide is the indicator. Find the hidden word. HINT 2: The word is hidden in “HESHARDLYABLETO”. HINT 3: The definition is “a bit of a broken vase”
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  1. 1A
    He’s hardly able to hide a bit of a broken vase (5) HINT 1: Hide is the indicator. Find the hidden word. HINT 2: The word is hidden in “HESHARDLYABLETO”. HINT 3: The definition is “a bit of a broken vase”
  2. 4A
    A gum brand revolution! (5) HINT 1: Double definition! Both parts of the clue are definitions. HINT 2: think of possible meanings for “gum brand” and “revolution”
  3. 5A
    Jack’s calcium got the doctor to return second. (5) HINT 1: No indicator means charades: put together the word bit by bit. HINT 2: There are several words that might be abbreviated with one or two letters. These are often, but not always, a piece of the solution . Also “to return” seems to indicate some word near it in reverse in the solution. HINT 3: Calcium = CA, Doctor = DR, second = S. Read the clue again as “jacks CA got the DR (reversed) S. “Jacks” is the definition.
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  1. 1D
    A historic hairless grave? HINT 1: ”less” indicates subtracting letters from another part of the clue. HINT 2: The definition is “grave” HINT 3: remove the letters h-a-i-r from “a historic”
  2. 2D
    Firstly, are my bobbles even resin? HINT 1: The definition is resin. HINT 2: Firstly is sometimes an indicator the the first letter of one word is part of the solution, and sometimes an indicator that there is a longer acronym made of first letters. HINT 3: Are My Bobbles Even Resin
  3. 3D
    Goes out but is strangely sated (5) HINT 1: strangely is an anagram indicator: shuffle the letters in something near strangely HINT 2: The definition is “Goes out” HINT 3: Try to make an anagram of the letters *(SATED)
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