Dt27,523

[etf9705]

1a (7) compelled company to have new creed
3d (10) What made chicken opt for a secure road crossing (????t?o???)
18a (3-3-6)Score with awkward truths in clever argument (????????r?u?)
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[Captain2]

3d Checkpoint (anagram of 'chicken opt')

[Mamyalynne]

1 Coerced

[dannyk13]

1a.Coerced
3d.Checkpoint
18a.Cut and thrust

[Frank97]

1a, Coerced

[etf9705]

Ta ever so to all once again,suffering from Monday blues
Ted

[Mamyalynne]

Don't be blue Ted. x

[Lie-in King]

Cut; score - as with a knife

[Mamyalynne]

Score - Cut
with - and
awkward truths ( anagram) - Thrust

[Captain2]

Def 3 here

scored, scor·ing, scores
v.tr.
1. To mark with lines or notches, especially for the purpose of keeping a record.
2. To cancel or eliminate by or as if by superimposing lines.
3. To mark the surface of (meat, for example) with usually parallel cuts.
4. Sports & Games
a. To gain (a point) in a game or contest.
b. To count or be worth as points: A basket scores two points.
c. To keep a written record of the score or events of (a game or contest).
d. Baseball To cause (a base runner) to cross home plate, especially by getting a hit: scored both runners with a double.
5. To achieve; win.
6. To evaluate and assign a grade to.