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A Puzzle By Radler

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Matakari | 17:38 Fri 08th Oct 2021 | Crosswords
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A Puzzle by Radler
This is not to be submitted. It’s for my pleasure and enlightenment only. Answers (the parsing I will tackle) would be appreciated for the following, thanks in advance.

6 (A) Mark out using rope and wire on the inside (9) :??E??????
10 (A) Contents rotated while frozen over (5 ) ??T??
13 (A) Jimmy has eyes on Charlie s Smarties (6,5) :C?????D???S
22 (A) Throws booze, drinking out of control (9) :????L????

6(D) Fellow needs job to make a bit of cash (7) : ????D?C
7 (D) American exile turns to Russian (6) :??A???
8 (D) Old city s delightful walls, a pinnacle of architecture (6) : ??O???
4 (D) Visionary formed a circle around that man (10) : ??O???????
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13 clever ***?
Is this one of the Big Dave's puzzles?
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Yes, it is, NACW!
Thanks, Matakari. I know from previous messages to you that Big Dave takes his puzzles seriously - so I'll leave these to you!
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Good morning, NACW,
Thanks for your reply, yes it seems that Big Dave takes his puzzles "seriously", frowning on demands for help. So, I wonder if it is possible to remove my request for help for this one. I'll just wait to see if answers are provided at the end of the submission period.
Thanks - this user is an incompetent menace so withholding help is the best approach.
You have some wrong letters, Matakari - a few answers might help you sort them out (if the thread is about to be removed it shouldn't matter too much).

10a SATES
13a CLEVERDICKS
7d ALEXEI
4d CHIMERICAL
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Many thanks for your considerate and humane approach, ProfessorMaisie!
professormaisie i put in clever d...s but it was blanked out but yours was allowed
Perhaps it's the capitals, mallyh?
Ridiculous censorship in this case as '***' = 'private eyes' (I've put it in lowercase this time as a test).
thanks that explains it xx
...and there you have it - if you have to use 'naughty' words, put them in caps!
:-) x
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Thanks, ProfessorM and mallyh, it would be interesting to get 6(a), 22(a), 6(d), 8(d) to see how this setter's mind works!
strange clues, too hard for me, could 6a be piecework?
6d Postdoc? Post do c(ent)
I think 6d is PREORDAIN (Chambers gives 'destine' for 'mark out') anag of 'ROPE AND IR' [IR = the inside of 'wIRe'].
6a. now think it may be delineate.
sorry that's 6 across (not down).
22a BEWILDERS

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