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Obscure vault 99 (7)
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[MF] Thanks to Raak's confirmation of the last, yip. Did it quite quickly, thanks to the clear clues (apart from that last). I've left it at home, but I can post the ones I thought were particularly cute.
Clue
Here's a clue for you (not particularly hard, but I just came up with it reading this page's description). Debate Sid's cousin strangely (10)
not quite every man
[rab] Had a brief glimpse of the Everyman last night in the pub, over the shoulder of a friend, as it were. We'd all had far too much to drink to concentrate fully but I did notice that 11 across wasn't completed . . . (4, 8) first word *might* have been 'OPEN'. It's been niggling me so please can you put me out of my misery so's I can get some work done? Oh yes - how do I hide text in here?
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[Chalky] Open question (open = public, question = enquiry)Try this: <font color="white">Hello Chalky</font>
[Darren] Round American boy chatting? (10)
Shakespeare
[MF] The only thing that is ringing a distant bell is that Egal might be a character, not sure from which play. Or I could be barking up the wrong tree.
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[MF] No, no, I think you mean Field event is back on for consideration (10).
Of course, what I meant to say was...
"Hell!" Swearin' about love talk. (10)
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[Darren, MF (x2), CdM] No, surely that should be Talk about failing to show respect for soft furnishings, we hear (10)

Quibble : 99 is XCIX not IC, but let it pass.

Improvement
Cocked that up a bit in my haste, better would be Debate failure to show respect for soft furnishing, we hear. (10)
Blob's quibble
Well I was thinking along the line of ice creams myself...
Dodgy clues are us :
A new one An end to land-mines ! Her idea caused split (8)
Outdodging Blob
For example, good man left in charge of Queen, we hear, notes 509 very quiet flowers by the way, points at the Spanish sailor, and confuses the novice French model with account concerning dead woman's jewelry. (3, 8)
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Blimey, CdM, there are enough components there to make eight words ! EG ST L IC ER/HM {we hear = sounds like} A/B/C/D/E/F/G(plural) DIX PP ST/RD N/S/E/W(plural) AT EL AB(S)/TAR .... and that's only got us up to the Spanish sailor !
I feel...
...a multiple definition, perchance?
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Or rather, multiple devices.
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Actually, I think it's a single cryptic definition, the answer being RED HERRINGS.
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[rab] Very good! Although it is actually a strict Ximinean clue. Details: The last four words are the cryptic part (RE D HER RINGS); the rest of the clue up to "...account" is the definition.
Aha
I probably would have noticed that if I wasn't (supposed to be) working at the same time! In the meantime, this has reminded me of one that I've wanted to clue for a while:
This clue might be: "500. Precedes solid containing volume of mute's heart"
Whoops
10 letters, btw.
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