"Clubs" Answers

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Answer Explanation to “Bands”

2A Second blood group stained drapes

Second =  S

Blood group = B

Stained = grimy

 Grimy drapes SB ( drapes is containment indicator )

GRIM SB  Y

Answer : Grimsby

5A Left note about union overtime raise

Left = L     Note = N

Union = U     overtime = OT   overtime raise = TO ( raise is reverse indicator )

L N  is about ( around )  U  TO

Answer : Luton

6A By any means , it’s a sound choice between bum and creep

Bum = beg   creep = steal

Between beg and steal , we put in BORROW

Then we have BEG, BORROW or STEAL  ( ‘choice’ justifies presence of OR )

By any means = beg, borrow or steal

Homonym indicator tells us answer sounds like BORROW

Answer : Boro

7A River search interrupted

River = WYE   search = COMB

‘interrupted’ is insertion indicator 

We have WY  COMB  E

Answer : Wycombe

8A Early Valanginian tree made a comeback about old Norway

Early Valanginian = E  

Tree ‘made a comback’ = EERT

Then we have  V   EERT  about  giving us   E  V ERT

Old = O  Norway = N

Answer : Everton

9A Halter rustic put together

‘rustic’ is anangram indicator and applies to ‘halter’

Halter changes to HARTLE

Put together = POOL

Answer : Hartlepool

10A Check out in the end by “Rogers and Evans”

Check = CH   out is deletion indicator

So CH must go out of the answer

The end by refers to the last letter of by which is Y

‘In Y’ means that we insert Y

Then we get Rogers and Evans who are Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

That is ROYDALE 

Y is in ROYDALE , so original answer is ROCHDALE  ( CH is replaced by Y )

Answer : Rochdale

1D Who will listen to its longer version?

Listen is a homonym indicator and refers to WHO WILL

‘who will’ is the longer version of who’ll

Who’ll sounds like hull

Answer : Hull

3D Head you rub the wrong way

Head of you is Y

Y RUB the wrong way is BURY

Answer : Bury

4D  Shot Cech lost again back-pedalling

Shot is anagram indicator and applies to Cech lost

Cech lost becomes  COLCHEST

Again = re   

RE back-pedalling = ER

Answer : Colchester

6D Gun model exchanged for early automobile

Gun = BREN

Early automobile = MODEL T FORD

When model is exchanged for Bren, we have BREN T FORD

Answer : Brentford

7D Wasilla misses independent Palin – central to reform

 Independent = I

‘Wasilla’ misses I gives us  WASLLA

Palin ‘central’ gives us L

We have WASLLA  L  to be reformed ( anagram indicator )

Answer : Walsall

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