1a Threatening senior nurse while clutching hip (8) S-N---E-
This looks like SINISTER, since SISTER is a senior nurse, but I can't see the reference to 'hip'.
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8d Firstly, no murder is good (4) N-C-
It looks like the answer is NICE, No for firstly No..... NICE because that also means good, but murder?
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25a Toy comes down - offensive packaging (5,3) -----S-T
This must be TRAIN SET, but I can't see the parse...
Toy is train set, comes down could be 'rains' but... ?
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13a A crook returned without victor or hero? (10) -------R-R
Is this ADVENTURER ? A victor/hero who returns... but I can't see the parse.
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6d It blooms from Hades to Necropolis (9) S--------
I can see that this is STONECROP (which is a plant), and necropolis is 'stone' but can't completely parse it. Help please?
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1a Caught in the act is very backward European (9)
I have DEVELOPED, which has POLE backwards, and DEED and VE for very, but cannot see how it fits with caught in the act!?...
8d Odd plumber initially ordered little sinks for wee chap (15)
Is this RUMPLESTILTSKIN ? I can see little sinks in there, but the rest?
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12a As sexy nurses can get married, it's stimulating (1,4,2,3,3)
Is this A SHOT IN THE ARM ?
I can see AS HOT (sexy) and it's stimulating... but the rest of the parse?
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