SOLVED - Cryptic Pyramid VII

[Elethiomel]

My biggest yet.

1. Hell's Angels evicted from heavenly square.
2. Experienced inside agent conceded defeat.
3. Peerless fire starter in the nude, shivering.
4. Trace devious ruse adapted for brutes.
5. Initiate drinking binge.
6. Sting is paid liberally, and indulging in extravagant pleasures.
7. Net effect: muscular degradation.
8. Warped minds disperse nitrogen clouds.
9. Align interior thing differently, for illumination.
10. Cold execution in flux.
11. Slides away with large opposing factions.
12. Liberated injured seal hiding in tall grass.
13. Toward, close to, or past bodily limits.
14. Almost done with a lump of tissue.
15. Turning shy about pixel density.
16. Finished sifting out advertising bullshit from proverbs.
17. Former train loop transported Dora's craft.
18. Hailing from two golf trails.
19. Approaching north spike carrying grain.
20. Fine art house exhibits celestial body.
21. Large void or small step.
22. Viral disease terminating the recorder.
23. Accepting delivery receding from a half thousand to four.
24. Acknowledges vessels consuming hydrogen.
25. Observing slanted grade disconnecting circular object.
26. A politician's goal is choosing between spreading jam and penniless pity.
27. Commission for each cat gene mutation.

[Suspence]

EVENLY - 1. Hell's Angels evicted from heavenly square.
BEGIN - 5. Initiate drinking binge.
EARTH - 20. Fine art house exhibits celestial body.
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[novice]

8. DIMS (minds anag. - N)
10. CHANGING (c + hanging)
11. SIDES (slides - L)
12. RELEASED (seal anag. in reed)
13. BY (start and end of bodily)
16. OVER (proverbs - pr bs)
17. EXPLORATION (ex + train loop anagram)
18. OF (last letters of two golf)

[Suspence]

9 would make sense as LIGHT. I see LIG as "align interior", but can't get the HT.
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[novice]

[Suspence]

EVENLY - 1. Hell's Angels evicted from heavenly square.
2. Experienced inside agent conceded defeat.
3. Peerless fire starter in the nude, shivering.
CREATURES - 4. Trace devious ruse adapted for brutes.
BEGIN - 5. Initiate drinking binge.
DISSIPATING - 6. Sting is paid liberally, and indulging in extravagant pleasures.
7. Net effect: muscular degradation.
DIMS - 8. Warped minds disperse nitrogen clouds.
LIGHTING - 9. Align interior thing differently, for illumination.
CHANGING - 10. Cold execution in flux.
SIDES - 11. Slides away with large opposing factions.
RELEASED - 12. Liberated injured seal hiding in tall grass.
BY - 13. Toward, close to, or past bodily limits.
NODE - 14. Almost done with a lump of tissue.
FLIPPING - 15. Turning shy about pixel density.
OVER - 16. Finished sifting out advertising bullshit from proverbs.
EXPLORATION - 17. Former train loop transported Dora's craft.
OF - 18. Hailing from two golf trails.
19. Approaching north spike carrying grain.
EARTH - 20. Fine art house exhibits celestial body.
21. Large void or small step.
FLUTE? - 22. Viral disease terminating the recorder.
RECEIVING - 23. Accepting delivery receding from a half thousand to four.
THANKS - 24. Acknowledges vessels consuming hydrogen.
REGARDING - 25. Observing slanted grade disconnecting circular object.
MAJORITY - 26. A politician's goal is choosing between spreading jam and penniless pity.
PERCENTAGE - 27. Commission for each cat gene mutation.
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[Gomez*]

26. Majority?

[novice]

25. Regarding
26. Majority
27. Percentage

[Suspence]

THANKS - 24. Acknowledges vessels consuming hydrogen. (Vessels = TANKS + H for hydrogen)

Added our last few answers back into post 6.
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[Suspence]

22. Viral disease terminating the recorder.

I'm getting near FLUTE. Recorder is the definition, FLU is a viral disease. Can "terminating" be used to mean take the outside letters from? So the TE from "the"?

RECEIVING - 23. Accepting delivery receding from a half thousand to four. (Receding, change D to IV - "half thousand to four")

CREATURES - 4. Trace devious ruse adapted for brutes. (Anagrams of TRACE and RUSE)

DISSIPATING - 6. Sting is paid liberally, and indulging in extravagant pleasures. (Anagram of STING IS PAID, and "indulging in extravagant pleasures" is a definition that I was previously unaware of)

FLIPPING - 15. Turning shy about pixel density. (Shy = FLING, though I've never heard that used either, and pixel density = PPI)
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[grz*]

21. Large void or small step. Large void = S + PACE

[novice]

21. Space
3. Unmatched (match in nude anagram)

[novice]

Is 7. ATROPHY somehow?

[novice]

2. FOLDED (OLD inside FED)

[Suspence]

Aggregating, as usual:

EVENLY - 1. Hell's Angels evicted from heavenly square.
FOLDED - 2. Experienced inside agent conceded defeat.
UNMATCHED - 3. Peerless fire starter in the nude, shivering.
CREATURES - 4. Trace devious ruse adapted for brutes.
BEGIN - 5. Initiate drinking binge.
DISSIPATING - 6. Sting is paid liberally, and indulging in extravagant pleasures.
ENTROPY - 7. Net effect: muscular degradation.
DIMS - 8. Warped minds disperse nitrogen clouds.
LIGHTING - 9. Align interior thing differently, for illumination.
CHANGING - 10. Cold execution in flux.
SIDES - 11. Slides away with large opposing factions.
RELEASED - 12. Liberated injured seal hiding in tall grass.
BY - 13. Toward, close to, or past bodily limits.
NODE - 14. Almost done with a lump of tissue.
FLIPPING - 15. Turning shy about pixel density.
OVER - 16. Finished sifting out advertising bullshit from proverbs.
EXPLORATION - 17. Former train loop transported Dora's craft.
OF - 18. Hailing from two golf trails.
19. Approaching north spike carrying grain.
EARTH - 20. Fine art house exhibits celestial body.
SPACE - 21. Large void or small step.
FLUTE? - 22. Viral disease terminating the recorder.
RECEIVING - 23. Accepting delivery receding from a half thousand to four.
THANKS - 24. Acknowledges vessels consuming hydrogen.
REGARDING - 25. Observing slanted grade disconnecting circular object.
MAJORITY - 26. A politician's goal is choosing between spreading jam and penniless pity.
PERCENTAGE - 27. Commission for each cat gene mutation.

7 is ENTROPY - NET anagram, ROPY = muscular

I think 22 might be FLUE rather than FLUTE.

19 maybe BARELY (approaching) or BARLEY (spike-carrying grain), but I'm not sure what to make of "north""
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[Zag]

Evenly folded, unmatched = ODD

[Elethiomel]

Just to confirm, FLUTE is correct. Nice progress.

[novice]

Creatures begin dissipating entropy = beings.

[ralphmerridew]

Could 19 be NEARING?

[Suspence]

Flipping over exploration - ROVE?
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[novice]

Or
NODE FLIPPING OVER = DONE

[Suspence]

Or:

By node flipping over - BEYOND
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[Quailman]

19: NEAR

[Elethiomel]

[novice]

Exploration of near earth space = AREA

[novice]

ODD - Evenly folded unmatched
BEINGS - Creatures begin dissipating entropy
??? - Dims lighting changing sides
BEYOND - by node flipping over
AREA - exploration of near earth space
FIFTY-ONE - flute receiving thanks regarding majority percentage

[novice]

I think the final answer is ALIENS:
bEiNgS beyond A+LI. Although odd beings is BIG and not ENS.

[novice]

I suppose the ??? is FLIPPED or something to that effect, making the final clue work. Not sure what word fits best.

[novice]

Flipping BEINGS doesn't really help though, so maybe
Odd beings captured beyond area fifty-one.

[Elethiomel]

You forgot released in your summary .

[Quailman]

area fifty-one = ALI

But that's all I see.

[novice]

Dims lighting changing sides released = HANGING (?)

ODD BEINGS HANGING BEYOND AREA FIFTY-ONE = ALIENS (?)

(bEiNgS beyond A + LI)

[novice]

So, err, is this one solved?

[Elethiomel]

ALIENS is correct, but one word in the final clue remains to be backsolved.

Odd beings ??? beyond Area 51! = Aliens

Dims lighting changing sides released. = ???

Hint: lighting is an anagram indicator

[novice]

Dismissed (dims anag. + sides anag. = released)

Odd beings dismissed beyond Area 51! = Aliens