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12ac, 'Queen caught Manx cat round back of court area', (9), C?E?????A - Cleopatra, but why?
6dn, 'Energy-filled recording interrupts the old routine, and it sucks', (5,4), S?E?? ?I?K;
7dn, 'Intimate singles on tour of Panama',(7), A?H???S.

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cannot fully parse but there is a tailless (manx cat) LEOPARD in there.

C (aught)
manx cat is a tailess one. = leopa(rd)
(round) back of cou(rt) = tr
area = A

C = caught
Leopar(d) = Manx cat
T = back of court
A= area

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