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[re mine @13:
Pure conincidence - I've just read in the Guardian that Sydney residents have been warned to watch out for a huge boa on the loose!]

Occupation riposte from the Resistance? (8)

A hit Beastie Boys song - except this is one by New Order (8)

Hi mattrom, I know it "breaks" some of the "rules" by including words as part of the fodder which are then removed in full but here they are required to satisfy the &lit ish nature of the clue. "Sabotage" was perhaps the best if not most well known Beastie Boys single and it was a B side single from New Order.

[(A hit Beastie Boys song) - (this is one by)]*
Subtraction indicator: except
Anagrind: New Order

PS For what it's worth, same in title only.

Apologies again mattrom, the clue should have an EM ! at the end.

Theatre has a box office smash (8)

Bring down Suzanne Vega to Basel then hold in return journey (8)

After failed asbo, electronic tag is worn for vandalism (8)

asbo* + ("e"+tag)*

e=electronic as in the vaping devices? (unlikely to be in Chambers)

Hi Paul, Can I have a parse for #3, please? Is 'shoe', sabot?

Hi mattrom
I'm not entirely sure how paul's @3 works, but a "sabot" was a shoe - a heavy wooden shoe like a clog. The first instance of "sabotage" was a worker throwing his sabot into some machinery!