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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Open floor.
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Aha! Keynsham Horace Batchelor had advertisements about gambling systems on the wireless when he wasn't performing with the Bonzos on The Intro and the Outro.
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Ormskirk Open floor if it's right.
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Outwood?
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    This is harder than we thought. How about Cwmbach?
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Hampton Wick?
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Of course. THERESA MAY - THE SEA ('went') leaves RMAY 'out' is the anagram indicator.
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Since the clue mentioned describing briefly S 'n' S could be short for sticky and slimy. (It could describe some stains as well.) It appeared to fit the clue rather well with the sole drawback of being entirely wrong. However, since the floor is open: What was left of Theresa May when the...
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    I read these lines from the bottom up and thought it could be Staines (SNS) which is near something called Two Rivers. Then I read the bit about being managed by Northern...
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    Uxbridge English Dictionary

    Politics - parrots' parasites
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Clues can be difficult while not being unfair. The two are not incompatible. Once an answer is revealed, the reaction should be "oh, I never thought of that," not "that clue cannot be read so as to point to that answer." Unusual clue types do exist but they have explanatory text to indicate...
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Open floor
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Kemble?
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Indirect anagrams are considered by many to be unfair in cryptic clues. I am among that number. They have their place when used sparingly but in crosswords you will have some letters in place from other clues and will know the length of the answer; and, as Dale Cooper implied, there ought not to...
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    I'll try Mansion House.
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Yes. 'Loose' is the anagram indicator for the other words. Over to you.
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    No response, so a hint is probably in order. Actually, alliterations are acutely applicable.
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Loose Women: barmy lot!
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    Gidea Park?
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    Cryptic clues = station name

    That's the one. It can be read as 'a bit like Bickle' and Travis Bickle was played by Robert de Niro in Taxi Driver. Over to you.

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