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  1. ANS; IRON (press clothes) SIN (slip) TIRE (flag) bearing HEF (playboy); IRON SIN T-HEF-IRE, IRONS IN THE FIRE - future projects! #adamxword
  2. toughest one we've tried today which for DA is saying something; "Press slip flag bearing playboy some future projects (5,2,3,4)" #adamxword
  3. Hint; if you have future projects you might say "I have a few (5,2,3,4)". But can you see why this is the answer from the clue? #adamxword
  4. Can you fathom this from today's smh cryptic? "Press slip flag bearing playboy some future projects (5,2,3,4)" #adamxword
  5. ANSWER; GUINEA PIGS (subjects of experiments) - an anagram of "G UPIE GAINS" which is "GROUPIE GAINS" with OR dumped #adamxword
  6. This toughie was our latest in today's smh offerings by david astle; "Rap groupie gains (or dumps) subjects" #adamxword
  7. Hint; great clue; answer means "subjects" and it's an anagram (rap) of "G UPIE GAINS" (groupie gains with "or" dumped) #adamxword
  8. For your midafternoon meanderings; from David Astle's cryptic in todays smh; "Rap groupie gains (or dumps) subjects" #adamxword
  9. ANSWER; CASH (money) EIGHTS (figures) behind LU (the core of vaLUed) - LU CASH EIGHTS or LUCAS HEIGHTS (nuclear site) #adamxword
  10. Our lunchtime crypticity was "Money figures put behind valued core at nuclear site (5,7)" #adamxword
  11. Hint; answer is a well know Sydney nuclear site. Starts LU "valued" core (centre of vaLUed); can you get the rest? #adamxword
  12. Try this nasty cryptic clue from today's smh; "Money figures put behind valued core at nuclear site (5,7)" #adamxword
  13. ANSWER; FERNANDO (abba's famous love song, or air); you got it if you "turned" (ie anagram) the letters of FONDER & AN #adamxword
  14. A very tidy clue this one from David Astle in today's herald - "Turned fonder with an air of love (8)" #adamxword
  15. but u shd have got Hint; lovely clue this - the answer is a love song (an air is a song) - and it's an anagram of FONDER and AN #adamxword
  16. for some reason this didn't go out at 10am? "Turned fonder with an air of love (8)" #adamxword
  17. Hint; lovely clue this - the answer is a love song (an air is a song) - and it's an anagram of FONDER and AN #adamxword
  18. hey @Erica_Lovell the top 20 fundraisers in oz will win a once in a lifetime prize this year so keep chugging along - details soon #dryjuly
  19. RT @Erica_Lovell: I'm currently # 18 in NSW for #DryJuly. Lets keep me up there and give cancer the boot. Go to dryjuly.com/profile/erical…
  20. ANSWER; ROMAN (a citizen of Rome) and a "block" of the words "fROM ANy" #adamxword