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Times 26,799 - 17.07.17

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Hawkes1987 | 20:20 Mon 17th Jul 2017 | Crosswords
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5a: Worrying about noise recurring in Alcatraz, say (8)
- must be 'careworn'. Help with reasoning please?

18a: Cheers a military officer seizing large city of old (3,3,4)
- looks like 'all the best'. I can see 'Thebes' (old city) but can't work out the rest.

25a: To the west, a space in which to create temple (6)
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25 Pagoda - a do gap, back
20:22 Mon 17th Jul 2017
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25 pagoda
20:22 Mon 17th Jul 2017
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18 All the best - Cheers

A Lt round L (large) Thebes
20:23 Mon 17th Jul 2017
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careworn= can(prison) +re(about) +wor(row recurring)
20:23 Mon 17th Jul 2017
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5 Alcatraz- Can/prison
round re (about) + row, back
20:24 Mon 17th Jul 2017
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a l(large)lt(lieutenant)around Thebes
20:24 Mon 17th Jul 2017
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25 a pagoda
20:25 Mon 17th Jul 2017
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Thanks! Sorry being dense, but I don't follow Pagoda.
I get Pag = Gap (space) backwards.
But where is 'a do' in the clue?
21:46 Mon 17th Jul 2017
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Create - Do
21:48 Mon 17th Jul 2017
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*Hits head on table*
Thanks.
21:53 Mon 17th Jul 2017
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Don't do (oops) that :-)
21:54 Mon 17th Jul 2017

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