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Ganesh Raman
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Doctor, I am not deaf! That’s a personal attack. | 33 | 16 | Anagram of “I AM NOT DEAF”, Anagrind: DOCTOR; Def: PERSONAL ATTACK |
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@LowdownCryptic
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Sadly, I am not deaf to malicious gossip (10) | 28 | 15 | (I AM NOT DEAF)* - anagrind "sadly", def "malicious gossip" |
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amrita majumdar
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Fed up, a country ousts leader over money scandal (10) | 25 | 14 | FED< A (-N)ATION around M (money), SCANDAL -DEF |
- Nice, but not sure about Money = M, M1/M2 are used for money supply, but I haven’t seen M for money
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Textrous
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Unsavoury end to mafia's smear campaign (10) | 23 | 13 | (ENDTOMAFIA)*; Def: smear campaign, Anagrind: Unsavoury |
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Sowmya Ramkumar
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Mudslinging of a fine Neta - Modi, perhaps? (10) | 21 | 11 | Def: Mudslinging, Anagram A F NETA MODI*, Neta - leader, |
- Neta for ‘leader’ for ‘first letter’ is perhaps too indirect
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Ramki Krishnan
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Character assassination unfortunately made fine leader to leave country (10) | 19 | 12 | Def = character assassination, (MADE + F)* (unfortunately = anagrind, fine = F) followed by NATION -N (leader to leave country) |
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N Anantakrishnan
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Complex case of finance to Adani - Modi's first scandal? (10) | 16 | 11 | Complex - anag ind. Case of finance is FE (FE to Adani M)* Def - scandal |
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@qpheevr
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Fat comedian is upset, but not about slurs (10) | 16 | 11 | (FATOMEDIAN)*: ‘is upset’ indicates anagram; ‘but not about’ signals dropping C (abbr. for circa); slurs are defamation |
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Avtaar
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Scandal engineered to end Mafia (10) | 14 | 11 | Anagram (engineered) of TOENDMAFIA*. Def: Scandal |
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Suyash Roongta
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Slander grates Modi fan terribly; leads to slanderer Rahul Gandhi getting expelled. (10) | 13 | 6 | Anagram of (GRATES MODI FAN) - SRG (leads to slanderer Rahul Gandhi). Anagram indicator - terribly. Deletion indicator - getting expelled. Def - slander. |
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Criticism makes Mao defiant (10) | 11 | 8 | Def: "criticism", Anagrind: "makes", (MAODEFIANT)* |
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Broadcast media not covering 40% of false character assassination (10) | 10 | 8 | Definition: Character assassination. Anno: (MEDIA+NOT)* around (FA(-LSE)). 40% of false=FA. Broadcast=Anagrind. Covering = Containment indicator. |
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AI made font resulted in criticism (9) | 10 | 7 | AI MADE FONT - fodder; resulted in - anagram indicator; criticism- definition |
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Harry, and a time of scandal (10) | 9 | 6 | Def: Scandal, anagram of "AND A TIME OF", Anagram indicator: harry (verb form). Surface refers to prince Harry and could be the title of a biography |
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Often amid a fabrication, there's smear (6) | 7 | 5 | (Often amid a)* fabrication being the anagram indicator; Definition: Smear |
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Break up mafia to end hatchet job | 7 | 5 | (mafia to end)*, definition - hatchet job |
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Furious Modi fan ate mud | 7 | 5 | * modifanate, furious = anagrind, Definition: Mud |
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Met Adani briefly for bananas, resulting in scandal (10) | 6 | 5 | [MET ADANI FO(r)]*. Bananas:anagrind. Def: Scandal |
- good try..another anagrind would''ve worked better for surface.
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Smear campaign about one fat maid(10) | 5 | 4 | Def - Smear campaign, about - anagrind, anagram of one fat maid - defamation |
- About doesn’t work before the fodder
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E. Jean Carroll's suit perhaps is fashioned of diamanté? (10) | 2 | 7 | (OF DIAMANTE)*. Anagrind: "fashioned". Cryptic def refers to the defamation suit being brought against Trump by the former writer for Elle magazine. |
- Topical!
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Crazy mafia don swallowing drugs terribly leading to slander(10) | 2 | 2 | Definition is slander, Drugs is e; t from terribly; e t in anag of mafia don* |
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Mafia not affected following a couple of demands for libel | 2 | 2 | De + mafianot* (affected = anagrind) |
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Fed up by a man with basically impudent, obnoxious thick-headedness casting aspersion(10) | 1 | 1 | Fed up: Def; basically: pick first letters; with: containment indicator; casting: Anagrind; Def + a + (ma{I,o,t}*n): Defamation; Definition: Aspersion |
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Endlessly deft in AM hours, NATO took one partner and fudged a libel (10) | 1 | 1 | (Def (-t) + AM + ( NATO + I )* = DEFAMATION) Anagrind = fudged |
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Dissipated Fate Domain denotes denigration. | 1 | 1 | Denigration = Definition ; Anagram : (FATE DOMAIN)* dissipated = anagrind Fate Domain = Fodder (The Fate domain was a deity domain that granted divine spellcasters like clerics with spells and powers inspired by fate.) |
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Its a shame a spy boss took out state's head after the agent rejected. | 1 | 1 | Def:its a shame. Spy boss: M A.M (-n)ATION after FED in reverse. DEF(<=) A M (-n)ATION |
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Aspersion by noted mafia perhaps (10) | 0 | 6 | Def: Aspersion; Perhaps: Anagram indicator; (Noted Mafia)* is anagram fodder |
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