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Cryptic caves

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Try this...
Soldier breaks into the French dance - look out! (5,4,4)
 
Too hard for you? It's true that it's an obscure location in NC1, but I thought the wordplay was fairly standard cryptic fare..
 
Lante Shop Cave?

(I assume that 'the French dance' is LA HOP, and 'look out' is the Latin 'cave', but I don't see what represents the soldier.)
 
Lante Shop Cave?

(I assume that 'the French dance' is LA HOP, and 'look out' is the Latin 'cave', but I don't see what represents the soldier.)
I think the French is plural (les) and soldier is (ant). That works. Well done on the hard bits.
 
Thanks, Tritim, I never thought of ants . . . I was trying to fit in something like 'GI' for soldier!
 
Thanks, Tritim, I never thought of ants . . . I was trying to fit in something like 'GI' for soldier!
Yes indeed, Fulk, lANTes HOP cave it is, and Tritim is right about soldier being ANT - I guess not everyone spends as much time doing Guardian crosswords as I - it's a fairly common device there!

Anyway - take it away!
 
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