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VENKATESAN P
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Criticism? I'd bear it anyway! | 49 | 22 | Definition: Criticism. Anno: (I'D+BEAR+IT)*. Anagrind: Anyway |
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Suyash Roongta
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Problematic bit aired, leading to strong denunciation (8) | 28 | 13 | Anagram of {bit aired}. Indicator - problematic. Def - strong denunciation |
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Sowmya Ramkumar
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Introduction of dog’s image atop Twitter replacing iconic bird emblem causing criticism (8) | 27 | 13 | Def Criticism, Acrostic clue. |
- Topical!
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Satyen Nabar
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Big, endless tirade perhaps? (8) | 19 | 10 | BI(-g)TIRADE*; &lit clue, endless= delete last letter of 'big', perhaps= anag ind. |
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Madhusudan H
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Turned a bit red with self criticism (8) | 15 | 10 | Anagrind {TURNED}, Fodder {A BIT RED I}, Defn {CRITICISM} |
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Thejaswi Udupa
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Return money before people rant | 15 | 9 | AID (money) reversed (return) before TRIBE (people), defn - rant |
- “Money” doesn’t clearly point to AID
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Lakshmi Vaidyanathan
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Rejecting help by people resulting in verbal attack (8) | 14 | 10 | Def- verbal attack, help-aid, rejecting- reversal indicator for aid- <- Dia, people- tribe, resulting in- connector |
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@qpheevr
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Frenetic tirade in which I start to bellow? (8) | 14 | 9 | Semi-&lit: DIATRE = I+B (start to ‘bellow’) in {TIRADE}* (with ‘frenetic’ as anagrind) |
- Tirade is diatribe!?
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@LowdownCryptic
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Tie braid in a new style: "upbraiding" (8) | 14 | 8 | Fodder "Tie braid", anagrind "in a new style", def "upbraiding" |
- Very nice!
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Raj Jayaram
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Shedding tear, despairingly aired a bitter rant (8) | 13 | 10 | Shedding: deletion indicator, despairingly: anagram indicator, rant: definition, (AIRED A BITTER - TEAR)* = DIATRIBE |
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Reversal of aid to scheduled group leads to tirade (8) | 10 | 6 | Charade, Def : tirade, DIA (reversal of aid) + TRIBE (scheduled group) |
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Verbal abuse cast at birdie (8 ) | 8 | 7 | Anagram fodder: at birdie; anagram indicator: cast. |
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Doctor, inebriated, avoiding new top emergencies, gets reprimand (8) | 8 | 5 | (INEBRIATED-NE)*. Doctor: anagrind. Definition: reprimand. |
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I’d bare it all over a stream of abuse | 7 | 7 | Anagram fodder: I’D BARE IT; Anagrind: ALL OVER; Def: A STREAM OF ABUSE |
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A bit tired, student finally skipped chemistry lecture (8) | 5 | 4 | A BIT TIRED - T* ( studen(-T) ), Chemistry -anagrind, lecture- def |
- How does "Chemistry" work as anagrind?
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Help withdrawn to clan for bitter criticism | 4 | 4 | help= aid, withdrawn is reversal indicator, clan= tribe,Def: bitter criticism |
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Angry tirade involving extreme invective, berating? (8) | 4 | 3 | &lit. (TIRADE)* containing (I+B). "Angry" = anagrind. "involving" = containment ind. "extreme" = initial letter ind. Def: the whole clue. |
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Angry tirade by insulting, primarily (8) | 4 | 3 | Anagram of (TIRADE B I), angry as anagrind, whole clue as def |
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Big tirade not showing good breeding [8] | 4 | 3 | (bigtirade-g)* with breeding as anagrind. &lit |
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One, after a tirade, bursts out in abuse (8) | 3 | 2 | (I (one) + B (after a) + TIRADE)*, anagram indicator is bursts out; Definition: abuse |
- Not very convinced that "after A" gives B, though I have seen it used. "Follower of A" would work.
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Heavily reprimanded her for she had Adam's gift inside | 2 | 2 | DI - AT(RIB)E |
- I get “had” = ATE, with “Adam’s gift” (RIB) inside, but don’t see how the rest gives us DI or a definition
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E-bid Rita made afresh, followed criticism (8) | 2 | 2 | Criticism = Definition ; Anagram (E BID RITA)* ; made afresh = anagrind ; E BID RITA = Anagram fodder |
- What’s “followed” doing?
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In which awfully big tirade expresses core angst (8) | 2 | 1 | (BI{-g}TIRADE)*, forcing out (expressing) an(G)st, anagrind - "awfully", semi &lit |
- Might "Awfully big tirade expressing core angst" have been better (&lit.)?
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A tirade - rambling, big, endless tirade | 1 | 1 | Def: 'A tirade'. Anagram (rambling) of bi (big, endless) + tirade |
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Frenzied tirade containing limitless jibe! (8) | 0 | 5 | {TIRAD{IB}E}* |
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Cut short big tirade. Explosive tirade (8) | | 0 | Tirade (Defn). Cut short (big) = bi + tirade. Explosive (anagrind) |
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