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Cryptic Clues

Nope to both.
???? Grant (Grant is the surname)+ Girl inside (girl's shortened name) = reinforcements.
 
Reinforcements - here comes the ??????? rhymes with will be the next pointer.
 
Justin Passing said:
Would that be a clue if it were in English?
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sorry, the norm is no punctuation in crossword clues, I was following a pattern.
With punctuation:
Reinforcements - here comes the ???????, rhymes with '???????' will be the next pointer.

The answer rhymes with Valerie.
Here comes the ??????? which rhymes with Valerie.

???? Grant - famous film star, with a shortened girl's name in the middle, giving a colloquial name for reinforcements.
 
Assuming that's right;

Looked right round, for treasure (6)
 
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Tapped?, but cannot see the link with treasure.

Blup
 
blup said:
Tapped?, but cannot see the link with treasure.

Blup
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Comms failure!
Slight knocking on the water regulator (3)
was a loose illustration of the type of clue, where the answer, obviously "tap", is a word for both parts of the clue.
"Tap" is nothing to do with this one, but the answer ( which is one word) is again connected to both parts of the clue.

I suppose lawyer with a nice sheen (4)
or
Made a noise on the tree (6) (better probably)
are similar enough

silk
barked
 
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