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As it’s a quiet Tuesday you may like a puzzle to solve and should you give it a go, do let me know how you get on :-)

Consider a 5x5 grid, thus…
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⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
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Clues, which are standard cryptic clues, are listed in alphabetical order of their solutions and should be entered into the grid jigsaw-wise, however they will go. There are no blocked or barred cells.

1. Every so often said “time out, so long” (5)
2. Anna Ivanovna held back on taking to Twitter? (5)
3. Set clue as definition? Raised eyebrows for starters! (5)
4. Mechanical instrument (5)
5. Airmen involved in great effort (5)
6. Composer loses head supporting new subject of contemplation? (5)
7. Keys to knotty problems? (5)
8. Stole second vehicle, got fine (5)
9. Knowing the way from Maidstone to Folkestone to Canterbury to Dover? (5)
10. Hitches horse aboard ship (5)

Jono, thanks. I really enjoyed this, but found it a little on the easy side - maybe I just struck lucky with my first placmenet!

That was fun, thanks!

Cheers jono, much appreciated.

Thanks Jono. That was fun. 👍

Many thanks, J. Well done, I solved it surprisingly quickly but think the difficulty level is reasonable. Appreciate the considerable effort in setting.

Thanks jono
I'm not finding it as easy as the rest of you - only 4 on first reading, so no chance of filling the grid. I may come back to it...

Thanks Jono, that was a lot of fun - I thought the quality of the clues was particularly high.

PS I don't quite get the "mechanical" part of 4 but I'm sure that's my shortcoming.

Ahhh! that mechanical - very clever:-)

Very enjoyable. Thanks, Jono. I didn't know that meaning of the answer to 5.