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[creamegg]

4d tavern workers snarling line is directed at twisted opera 6,2,7
???b?? ?? ???????

9a variety of sea life more diverse than a zoo
????????

13a chance it drove over one cutting kid's cake 3,1,4
??? ? ????

14d electoral reforms absorbing area budget in a new way
????l?c?t?

19a do mid morning break three hours early, say, and swap tips
???h????

22a pest destructively set about exposed cubicle 6,4
?????? ????

[dannyk13]

4d.Barber of Seville

[scorpiojo]

14d Reallocate anag electoral + a(rea)

[Captain2]

9a Anthozoa

[dannyk13]

14d.Reallocate

[Captain2]

19a Want to say 'eighties' - three hours earlier than 'elevensies' but.....

[scorpiojo]

..me too :((

[scorpiojo]

13 want to say..run a risk...

[creamegg]

eighties won't fit if barber of seville is correct.

19a is now ???h???e

[pixie374]

Heightens?

[pixie374]

...or not :-)

[Neveracrossword]

19 Sightsee - 'do' (Paris, London etc). It involves moving the 'e' at the start of eighties.

[pixie374]

Lol well done. I tried that in my head and didn't see it as a real word...

[Captain2]

Can see that now ta NACW but where does the 'i' change to an 'e'?

[Captain2]

.... sorry 'i' become an 's'?

[dannyk13]

19a.Sightsee ?

[pixie374]

Eight- ses, like elevenses

[Captain2]

Thanks Pixie - 'twas NACW using 'eighties' as a starting point that threw me.

But well done NACW anyway :))

[pixie374]

Welcome xx think we were all stuck at eighties for a while :-)

[Neveracrossword]

Sorry for any confusion I caused - I didn't parse it when I solved it, just rushed to come up with something for this thread! I liked it as a clue.

[creamegg]

any idea on the other two?