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Crossword roundup: geese, crows and other creatures

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Not all references to animals are references to animals, as revealed in the pick of the best cryptic clues

A term fondly familiar to all word buffs, suggestively clued by Morph (Meet the Setter) in the Independent ...

16ac Slip during PE – danger in loose seat fixing (14)
[ synonym for “slip” in synonym for “PE”, then anag. of “danger in” ]
[ ERR inside GYM, then ANDERING ]

3d Ban blocks Partridge becoming a star (9)
[ synonym for “ban” inside first name of a Partridge ]
[ DEBAR inside ALAN ]

16d Doctor Seuss following headless corpse to see hero (8)
[ anag. of “Seuss”, after synonym for “corpse” without first letter ]
[ SSEUS, after BODY without B ]

9ac Opener of window used in plunder into saloon? (7)
[ first letter of “window” inside synonym for “plunder” inside what a saloon is an example of ]
[ W inside ROB inside CAR ]

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