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[davey b]

Silk fabric in reserve underpinning theatre curtain T???Y
Country team without left back at No 2? C???
Army boss imprisoning almost everyone over coarse material ?A?I??

[goodgoalie]

Tabby (a kind of silk)

[dannyk13]

Tabby
Cuba
Calico

[Captain2]

3 C-al(l)-ic-o (Commander in chief CIC)

[Captain2]

2 I can see where C(l)UB comes from; how about the A?

[davey b]

Thanks. Can you please parse TABBY and CUBA?

[Toorak]

C(l)ub a(t)
Tab (theatre curtain) by (in reserve)

[goodgoalie]

Tabby - a kind of silk
Theatre curtain - tab
In reserve - by

[goodgoalie]

CUBA

Club without the L
Second letter (No 2) of BACK

[davey b]

Thanks folks. Much appreciated.