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Cryptic Family Reunion: Won't you be my neighbor?

Puzzling Asked on March 1, 2021

The answer to this puzzle is a list of ten thematically related words or proper names or phrases. Each of these is clued cryptically, and the theme is to be determined. The clues are in a specific order which is part of the theme. Since the definition part of a cryptic clue would give away the theme, these cryptic clues use a family member (e.g., mom, sister) to stand in for the definition part of the clue. So for example, if the theme of the puzzle were chemical elements, "Sister picking at nit" would clue "tin". I hope you enjoy!

  1. Dad revealing original flame location after mysterious burns (3,9)
  2. Aunt Tonia excited to introduce explorer to friends (4,6)
  3. Grandpa loves to take free train (7)
  4. Niece’s inclusive mosque beckons (6)
  5. Nephew’s obsession: up-loading malware (8)
  6. Brother’s acute bilateral orchitis improved; secondary vitiation in spinal region finally eliminated (7,8)
  7. Cousin heading to live in Dresden, Rawalpindi, freaking out Mother (6,6,6)
  8. Son tagged in play at third after a triple, face down after final out (7)
  9. Spades, a card game a wench plays with Uncle (12)
  10. Uncle’s flown nude roughly two times, and trio of ladies grab bra for going topless (12,3,8)

One Answer

Theme is:

ORDER OF CLUES

NOTES:

COMMENT: 4 Stood out like a sore thumb,, and gave a big clue as to the theme. The rest were solved via the enumeration, and reverse parsing.

Correct answer by Chris Cudmore on March 1, 2021

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