The first cryptic crossword clue is taken from the novel A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks:
Butcher has ox tongue (5)
The second comes from one of Tim Morey's recent puzzles in The Week:
It can be shuffled (7)
And these two are winning entries in a clueing contest devised by The Telegraph's puzzles editor, Chris Lancaster:
Play this for 14 or more (8)
Bird's very large eggs withheld from Putin's comrade (7)
The first two involve anagrams flagged up by the words "butcher" and "shuffled", the second being in &lit format. The third needs lateral thinking and some knowledge of a well-known board game. The final clue is a combination of charade and deletion and calls for some erudition: an abbreviation used by purveyors of large clothing, the Latin word for "eggs". and the Russian word for "comrade".
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