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A8.  Mountaineer’s clips badly scare Brian (10)  _ _ R _ _ _ N _ _ _

B8.  High spot recently snared by Penny Gold (7)  _ _ A _ _ A _

C8.  Guide : “Outside of gym is harder to climb” (7)  _ T _ _ _ E _

D8. Rock climbing I bungled or botched (10) _ _ _ L _ _ R _ _ _

E8.  Scrambled to Peter’s high spot (7)  _ R _ _ _ _ _

F8.  Comes down the rock with red rotten apples (7) _ A _ _ E _ _

Answers for “Trees”

R7  Sassafras

S7  Maple

T7  Catalpa

U7  Larch

V7  Jacaranda

W7  Evergreen

X7  Buckeye

Y7  Papaw

Z7  Avocado

Jay

Explanation for Ellipsis-2

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Wordplay : Italics with keywords underlined as well
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A7.  Two players taking up Arabic lute ... (3)

Two players = duo

‘Taking up’ indicates reversal ; hence duo is changes to OUD which is an Arabic lute

B7.  ... fast come to prefer flutes,etc (4,3,4) 

Double definition. Matching both defs the answer is “like the wind”

C7. Gruesome globe put in, in the middle of ... (6)

Globe = orb   ;   in the middle of = mid

Orb is put in ‘mid’ to obtain “morbid” which is “gruesome”

D7. ... Models of solar system - ie errors get made (8)

Anagram of ie errors is orreries – models of solar system

E7. Hesitation in a right toff's reasoning ... (8)

Hesitation = um

A right toff’s = A R GENT ; UM in ARGENT gives us ARGUMENT

F7. ...can put up charge for fertiliser (7)  _

Can = tin  ; put up is reversal indicator and so Tin is changed to NIT

Charge = rate and we have nitrate which is a fertiliser

G7. Pardoning a criminal that's responsible for producing notes...(5,5)

Criminal is anagram indicator and rearranging “pardoning a” gives us grand piano

H7. ... half hidden, mischievous but public-spirited (9)

Hidden = unseen  ; half od unseen = uns

Mischievous = elfish

Together , we have unselfish which is public – spirited

Jay

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Trees

R7. In two seconds, moving as far as tree (9)  _ _ S _ _ _ R _ _
S7. Tree guy going around park (5)  _ A _ _ _
T7. With feline, mount a tree (7)  _ _ _ A _ _ A
U7. In particular, Christmas tree (5) _ _ _ _ H
V7. Jack stands in front of a vehicle and a tree (9)  _ A_ _ R _ _ _ _
W7. Queen Elizabeth, in revenge, chopped up tree (9)  _ _ E _ _ R _ _ _
X7. Plastic cube holding essential tree (7)  _ _ _ _ E _ E
Y7. Ernest Hemingway, with tree (5) _ _ P _ _
Z7. Widespread confusion after the first trouble with tree (7) A _ _ _ A_ _


Answers for "dogs"

I7. Spaniel
J7.Whippet
K7.Retriever
L7.Dingo
M7.Hound
N7.Seeing Eye
O7.Sirius
P7.Whelp
Q7.Samoyed

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