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Satyen Nabar
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Team is buckling under pressure in game (7) | 42 | 18 | Down clue. (TEAM IS)* under P; buckling: anag ind, under: placement ind, pressure: P (abbrev), defn: game |
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Ramki Krishnan
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Couple of setters following old crosswords perhaps (7) | 25 | 14 | I + ME (couple of setters) after PAST (old)< def = crosswords perhaps |
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Raj Jayaram
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Perhaps, stamp-collecting, one’s primary enjoyment (7) | 24 | 12 | Perhaps, stamp = anagram of stamp = PASTM; collecting = containing; one = I; ‘s = possessive on the surface, short for “has” in the cryptic reading = connector; primary E(njoyment) = E; definition = &lit, definition by example, with “perhaps” as DBE indicator |
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N Anantakrishnan
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Organising nude campsites is fun (7) | 22 | 12 | [C](ampsite)*[S] Def - fun |
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@LowdownCryptic
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I'm a pest about writing cryptic clues – for all of you, at least! (7) | 22 | 9 | (I'M A PEST)* anagrind "about"; writing cryptic clues is a pastime – for all of you, at least! |
- Well played
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Suyash Roongta
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Secretary rearranged items for amusement. (7) | 18 | 10 | PA (Secretary) + {ITEMS}*. Def - amusement. |
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Amrita Majumdar
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Pirates at sea kill royal for a bit of money and amusement (7) | 17 | 10 | (PIRATES - R +M)* Amusement-def |
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Sowmya Ramkumar
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Setter's into pets - a new hobby? | 14 | 9 | Def: Hobby. Setter's - I'm inserted in anagram of PETS A*, indicated by NEW |
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Lakshmi Vaidyanathan
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Personal assistant organising items for play (7) | 12 | 10 | Def-play, personal assistant-pa, organising - anagram indicator for items |
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Ganesh Raman
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As a fun activity, set up campsite while college head is away | 11 | 7 | Def on the left; Anagram of CAMPSITE minus C (College Head); Anagrind: SET UP |
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New campsites uncovered for fun | 8 | 7 | anagram of (-c)AMPSITE(-s); anagrind: New, def: fun |
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Leading preacher releases article about ‘Passion’ (7) | 7 | 5 | P(reacher) (EMITS A<=). About is reversal indicator. Def: Passion |
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He, with this activity, can emapthise | 5 | 3 | Composite anagram. (HE + PASTIME)* is EMPATHISE. Can, in it's sense of displacing something, is the anagrind |
- Nice CA but not sure if can works as anagrind
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Retrograde politician drinks Italian wine with European for enjoyment(7) | 4 | 3 | Definition: Enjoyment. Anno: (M(ASTI)P<--)(E). Italian wine=Asti. Politician=MP.. Retrograde=Reversal indicator. Drinks=Containment indicator. European=E. |
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A hobby maybe, is primarily managing a pet (7) | 4 | 2 | A hobby (Definition), Maybe (Anagrind), Fodder (IS + M + A PET), &lit clue |
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Father's weekly hobby | 0 | 4 | Father's = Pas Weekly =Time (Time magazine) Hobby= Definition (Pastime) |
- Time is now published fortnightly (since 2020)
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Leisure activity involves a endless paste and a headless mime! | | 0 | Leisure activity =def, endless paste =past-(e) + headless mime = (m) ime |
- "A endless" is incorrect. "A" can be removed from the surface to fix it.
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Games played since the moment play stops within a game | | 0 | Def:&lit ref to recreational/entertainment during break of a game. P:games played, as:since time: the moment (play stops with in a baseball game) |
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Hobby of dad's period (7) | | 0 | Def: hobby PA dad S TIME period |
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Say squash meat is beginning to putrefy, having gone off (7) | | 0 | Anagram of MEAT IS P; “beginning to putrefy” = P; “having gone off” = anagrind; “say[,] squash” [the game] = def. by example |
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