No Man Is An Island - C/D 31 May

[granny grump]

I apologise for the amount of questions that I am posting. C/D is fast approaching and I am struggling.

The answer may be just an island or the island may be included in the full answer. The island is the English equivalent name. May be anagram, statement of fact, cryptic or GK question. If there is a question mark it assumes that it is a fact needed to be found out and need to put the full answer

9. An earlier Russian seizure was made with Ali Khan’s terrible messing around. (8)

10, In Hitchhiker, recently divorced life changes when Jack Carter sees a backpacker thumb a lift (4)

13. Leon Trotsky evaded assassination by Iosif Grigulevich but not Ramon Mercador with a ice pick in Mexico. (4)

17. It may have been here where Russia possibly palmed USA off after it changed talks on Ukraine (9)

19. Prohibit American beer with an article for one pair (7)

28. It’s here where Tarzan mixes with Sayer or Tolstoy just off Africa’s coast (9)

33.A book about sci-fi writer Frank Herbert by Tim O’Reilly received excellent reviews (5)

35. The USA’s most visited animal attraction is San Diego Zoo one of the best in the world (4)

38. Although it is on the coast, unfortunately, Lisbon air emits a great deal of pollution (7)

41. Launched by BT in 1996 as a local search engine for UK businesses (4)

42. Romeo took over from Charlie here to be the one in last place (7)

45. African antelope the Impala wanders areas near to woodland and savannah. (7)

54. After the old books are lost, get here after chewing on apricot (5)

56. The common sea lettuce, Ulva lactuca, is an algae which has many culinary uses such as soups as salads (7)

 

[Hazlinny]

41. Yell

[bhg481]

41 YELL - Yell is one of the three 'north isles' and the second largest of all the Shetland Islands. Covering 83 square miles, there's a huge variety of coastal 

[Hazlinny]

38. Bonaire (in clue)

[Hazlinny]

10, Could be Bali (in clue) but ???

[elliemay1]

9 Sakhalin, anag

[Hazlinny]

17 Lampedusa      anagram palmed USA

[douglas9401]

19. Barbuda

[Sam1960]

54. capri    anag  apric (ot)

[douglas9401]

28. Lanzarote

[Hazlinny]

35. Gozo (in clue)

[Hazlinny]

54 ? could be Capri  (some letter in apricot)

[THECORBYLOON]

^Take away the OT (Old Testament) from apricot.

[Hazlinny]

^^  That's it 😊  Could not see the connection.

[Hazlinny]

45. Palawan  (in clue)   ... Philippines

[Romanski]

45 Palawan - in clue

[Romanski]

13 Skye - in clue.

[Bows48]

10 Bali in clue

33 Timor in clue

42 think you swap r from last clue and put c in

56 is 4 letters could it be ulna from clue

[scorpiojo]

Ulva

[Bows48]

Thanks scurpiojo should have checked my post I pad didn't like v

[scorpiojo]

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