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Thumping, after redacting right whopper!

( THUMPING = SWINGEING, after redacting = redact ING

= SWINGE + R = SWINGER = whopper [ archaic])
Bit of artistic licence, but push the envelope

(Just saw Fiery's 4. And i thought it was such a good spot! Withdrawn)

The big lie: Republicans win gerrymandered district (7)

Def under SWINGE; district = region signals the hidden area

(the big lie is used by the press here to refer to trump's claim that he won in 2020.)

Swearing wildly, Aussie storms off - like Tarzan?

Breaks even? (7)


(In sense “tie breaker”)

Robin perhaps takes wicket with this delivery? (7)

Ignore mine @2, mattrom - it doesn't quite work, and it's too obscure and convoluted to be worth tweaking.

Maybe Lech hogs about a thousand roubles (7)

[def: lech, with misdirection to Lech Walesa who, I know, is not Russian! Hogs = SWINE, about a thousand (G); roubles = R]

He puts his keys on the table when partner leads with spades (7)