A STRAIGHT CROSSWORD CLUE THAT IS ALSO PARSEABLE AS A CRYPTIC CLUE (HAVING A DIFFERENT ANSWER) (?)

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`____` & `____`' _Communist Manifesto_ (10)

straight: MARXENGELS (10)
cryptic: ____ & ____ = RED ACTIONS (10)

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10316 `____` & `____`' _Communist Manifesto_ (10) straight: MARXENGELS (10)
cryptic: ____ & ____ = RED ACTIONS (10)
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10320 Property of Vivaldi's "Summer"? (6) standard: PRESTO - the concerto (its most iconic movement) is played very rapidly, officially at a musical tempo marking of "presto"
cryptic (ddef): ESTATE = property; "estate" is also Italian for "summer" (Vivaldi = Italian ind.)
ref - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL_K5Z1DeCc
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10324 For example: tern, tailless cuckoo, and heron (5) (standard) BIRDS
(cryptic) EG+RET*_ = "heron" (shh close enough to be a def)

EGRET matches BIRDS at one position, so we extract the letter R!
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