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Local Cryptic - Few Tricky Ones

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pantonsteve | 13:42 Sat 12th Jan 2013 | Crosswords
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revert to the mountain railway [10] s?o??????? - thinking snowdonia mountain railway but only 9 ?

one suitably em-ployed? [6] t?i???

go into the red - that's virtuous ! [4] ?o??

local office leaves supporter [6] ??a???

rings up for a tape holder [5] s?o?? - spool or spoke ?
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Snowdonian would fit but I don't see the wordplay
2 Tailor (suit of clothes)
Tailor
spool- Loops backwards
last one - spool - rings = loops (reversed)
Spool (loops)
Branch for leaves supporter.
Good (go +Od (overdrawn))
3 good - Go + OD (overdrawn = in the red)
Trying to justify Ffestiniog for the mountain railway, so far only have go reversed.
that doesn't fit existing letters though, jack....
1 Cairngorms if letters wrong!!
does the train run backwards on the Snowdonian railway (i.e. revert)? (I'm clutching at straws here!)
I agree it's expecting two of his letters to be wrong, and no others have proved so, but you never know.

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