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Suyash Roongta
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Heartache, essentially, about a child's betrayal (7) | 25 | 16 | T (HearTache, essentially) + RE (about) + A + SON (child). Def - betrayal. |
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Satyen Nabar
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Argument after first sign of teenage rebellion (7) | 23 | 11 | REASON after T(-eenage); argument= reason, after= placement, first sign of teenage= T (1st letter sel), defn= rebellion |
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| 3 |
Michael Harms
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True cause for betrayal | 22 | 15 | {T}{REASON} |
- Elegant and concise
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| 4 |
N Anantakrishnan
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Court finally to debate sedition (7) | 18 | 13 | (cour) T (to - connector) Reason (debate). Def - sedition. Surface reference to ongoing Supreme Court discussion on the sedition law. |
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Raj Jayaram
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Sore at nationalist leader’s manoeuvring and betrayal (7) | 18 | 11 | Sore at = fodder; nationalist leader = N; manoeuvring = anagram indicator; (SORE AT N)*; and = connector; betrayal = definition of TREASON |
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| 6 |
Maya Sharma
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Time to consider rebellion(7) | 18 | 11 | Defn is rebellion, time is t, to consider= reason |
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Sowmya Ramkumar
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He left the grounds in mutiny (7) | 17 | 9 | Def: Mutiny, T(-he)+ REASON(grounds) |
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| 8 |
Sree Sree
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Centre as one curbing seditious act | 17 | 9 | Hidden cwn(TRE AS ON) curbing containment indicator. |
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Veera Raghavan
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Senator involved in deceit (7) | 16 | 10 | Senator*. Involved is anagrind |
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| 10 |
Adman_i
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Traitor, to begin with, had motive for betrayal (7) | 14 | 10 | T(raitor) + reason (motive), Betrayal (Definition) |
- "had" as connector in a charade does not work well IMHO
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Ultimately upset about an offspring's disloyalty (7) | 13 | 9 | T (ultimately upseT) + RE (about) + A SON (an offspring), def = disloyalty |
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Corrupt notaries concealed one's crime (7) | 13 | 7 | Def: crime, NOTARIES* - I |
- ‘Concealed’ suggests containment to me, rather than deletion. Nice surface, though
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Rebellious senator's crime | 10 | 6 | (senator)* |
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Betrayal by Senator in a riot(7) | 7 | 6 | Definition: Betrayal. Anno: (SENATOR)". Anagrind: In a riot |
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No going back! Chase and arrest criminal right away for treachery (7) | 7 | 5 | NO<< after ARREST*-r; def: treachery |
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No tears dispensed for sedition (7) | 7 | 5 | Sedition = TREASON ; Sedition = Definition; Anagram : (NO TEARS)* dispensed = anagrind |
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Three maps point to search in every other place for mutiny (7) | 7 | 5 | T (h) R (e) E (m) A (p) S (p) O (i) N (t), letter picking direction being 'search in every other place' (of letter placement). Definition: mutiny |
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Revolt erupted on arrest without resistance (7) | 6 | 5 | Def - revolt, erupted - anagram indicator, on+arrest-r(without resistance)=treason |
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Double-cross symbols not repeated in Rosetta Stone translation (7) | 5 | 3 | Def: Double-cross; symbols (letters) are not repeated in ROSETTA STONE translation (anagrind), which gives TREASON (letter bank) |
- Interesting clue, but i didn''t quite get the anno...
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Infidelity is a strange problem when girl wants to find love (7) | 4 | 3 | Strange* - G + O |
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A drink with rightful first male heir leads to betrayal | 2 | 2 | Tea + r +son |
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