Go

Charade

BE (synonym="BE") + LONG (synonym="LONG") = BELONG; definition: "Go"

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(PUMA ET)< Elliot was the boy who befriended ET in Spielberg’s film — Fifteensquared

A short,

model

Charade

PRO (synonym of "for") + SIT (synonym of "model"); definition: "Cheers"

Artist,

, British artist, famous for animal paintings such as “The Monarch of the Glen”; more relevantly for this puzzle, he also sculpted the lions in Trafalgar Square. — Fifteensquared

WAT in (prayer)S ALTER — Fifteensquared

See

Cut

Charade

DROP (synonym of "dash"); definition: "Cut"

Leave

Charade

FUR (synonym="FUR") + LO (synonym="ng") + UGH (synonym="ng") = FURLOUGH; definition: "Leave"

Pass

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A P in ELSE — Fifteensquared

Egg

Charade

OV (synonym="OV") + UM (synonym="UM") = OVUM; definition: "Egg"

Child

(blac)K NIGHT – and the chess piece can be black or white — Fifteensquared

Animals

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N in SOIL< — Fifteensquared

Oil

Charade

NAP (synonym="pile") + H (abbreviation="height") + THA (synonym="that's") = NAPHTHA; definition: "Oil"

Old

Anagram, Charade

anagram of TUNE ("tune") [anagram: "blasted"] + EX (abbreviation of "Old") = EXEUNT; definition: "they leave the stage"

Hidden word

anagram of COMPOSE AN = MOONSCAPE

Anagram

anagram of SILLIER NUT WHO = WILLIERUSHTON

Spoonerism

Spoonerism of POODLE TIP — Fifteensquared

Anagram

anagram of U AND HIP = DAUPHIN

Leader

Acrostic, Charade

T (first letter of "terrorists has") + REASON (synonym of "justification") [first letter: "Leader"]; definition: "crime ..."

Charade

SAUL in A ST. Paul the Saint not the Setter.. St Paul was known as Saul (of Tarsus) before his conversion on the road to Damascus, but the Saul here is the King from the OT. — Fifteensquared

pet

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I in BUDGE — Fifteensquared