One way of finding this out is to date Mick Jagger (5, 3) NON-CRYPTIC: (a) Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Keith Richards or Ronnie Wood? (5) (b) What you establish when you DATE an artefact or historical site (3)
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One way of finding this out is to date Mick Jagger (5, 3) NON-CRYPTIC: (a) Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, Keith Richards or Ronnie Wood? (5) (b) What you establish when you DATE an artefact or historical site (3)
5A
Cricket trip? (4, 4) NON-CRYPTIC: (a) Drug that gives you a TRIP (4) (b) CRICKET match (4)
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Chewbacca did this frequently (4, 4) NON-CRYPTIC: (a) Drove a spaceship (i.e. what CHEWBACCA DID FREQUENTLY) (4) (b) CHEWBACCA'S crewmate (4)
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Taking your top off (8) NON-CRYPTIC: Taking the top off your milk or off somebody else's profits (8)
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Nemo or Wanda, perhaps? (8) NON-CRYPTIC: (a) One who appears in a Hollywood film (4) (b) The kind of creature that NEMO and WANDA were in Hollywood films (4)
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Fuel from Manzanilla? (5, 3) NON-CRYPTIC: (a) MANZANILLA is a variety of this (5) (b) A type of FUEL (3)
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The person who does this is most definitely not The Man Who Has It All (4, 4) NON-CRYPTIC: (a) HAS (e.g. a meal or a chocolate bar) (4) (b) NOT ALL (4)
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People take it from its natural environment and keep it in a tank (8) NON-CRYPTIC: US word for the naturally-derived substance that people KEEP IN their car's TANK (8)
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More practice at those tricksy puns. This is a mixture of ONE-CLUE, TWO-CLUE and BUILDING BLOCK PUNS, but they're all very tricksy. Think laterally and try to find the meaning beyond the obvious of all the words in the clue. What are ALL the things that the verbs "have", "tank" and "date" and the nouns "trip" and "top" can mean? Do word association - e.g. what words do you associate with "cricket" or "fuel"? If a real/fictional character or place is mentioned, what are they famous for? If you enjoy my crosswords, you'll LOVE the Cryptic Mystic's fantastic YouTube channel, which has been kind enough to feature a couple of my crossword. It's THE best resource for cryptic beginners: https://www.youtube.com/@The_Cryptic_Mystic
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Hope I'm commenting on the right puzzle here: I seem to have three open in different windows but can't see how to get back to the puzzle to check... Anyway, just wanted to say that manzanilla is the Spanish word for chamomile, so you can see what confused me there.
Yes - I found that out when i googled "manzanilla" just to check I hadn't just dreamed it was a type of olive. ("Chamomile" in Polish is "rumianek", I seem to remember)