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DATELINEIt says where and when an article was written (8) AMBULANTMoving about in the morning, six-footer clutches bauble, oddly (8) OKSOWHAT"And your point is?" GRIMACESMakes a face (8) HOWSLIFE"What's new with you?" SPITBALL"Ammunition" for a class clown CAVALIEROffhand GENERALSClasses by extremely lugubrious commanders (8) EMIRATESWhat Sex Pistols were paid for 3 months in Holloway venue WARFARINDrug no good when engaging in battle (8) INSECRETSurreptitiously deleting note would not be cricket? Actually it would (2,6) REPRISALEarl rips pants in retaliatory act (8) EARLIESTSoonest SAYONARAJapanese farewell