ELEVEN (6)

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In retrospect, original closing time back before store opening was moved from seven! (6)

In retrospect = reversal of originaL closing + timE back = EL
before = position indicator
Store opening (S) was moved from seven = sEVEN

&lit - 7-Eleven stores used to be open from 7am-11pm (who woulda guessed), until they switched to 24 hours

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9534 In retrospect, original closing time back before store opening was moved from seven! (6) In retrospect = reversal of originaL closing + timE back = EL
before = position indicator
Store opening (S) was moved from seven = sEVEN

&lit - 7-Eleven stores used to be open from 7am-11pm (who woulda guessed), until they switched to 24 hours
biocuriousgeorgie 2
9537 Knievel flips through half-open brand new windows? (6) EVEL Knievel
flips through - reverse
half opEN
brand new Windows - latest version of Windows is ELEVEN
dpad 1
9525 German elf Scheele ventilates components (6) German elf - def ("elf" is German for "eleven")
ScheELE VENtilates
components - hidden word
Botaku 0
9526 The Spanish balanced Jane Hopper (6) the spanish - el
balanced - even
Jane Hopper - definition
Teal 0
9528 A telekinetic knight who is the infatuation of an enigmatic Villanelle joins the French Revolution (6) def = A telekinetic (Eleven, main character from Netflix’s Stranger Things)

N = "knight" (chess abbrev)
EVE = "who is the infatuation of an enigmatic Villanelle" - from the TV show “Killing Eve”, Villanelle and Eve are two spies who become infatuated with each other
LE = "the French"
reversal indicator = "Revolution"

ELEVEN = (N + EVE + LE)<
rpl 0
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