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Satyen Nabar
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High on rum, cuddling single female in flat (7) | 25 | 14 | (ON RUM)* around (I+F); high: anag ind, cuddling: cont ind, single: I, female: f, defn: flat |
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Suyash Roongta
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Constant rambling in forum (7) | 23 | 13 | Anagram of {in forum}. Indicator: rambling. Def: constant. |
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Textrous
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Stable if no rum's drunk (7) | 21 | 13 | Def: Stable, IFNORUM* |
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Adman_i
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Habit of a French setter (of either gender) - (7) | 20 | 14 | A French - Un, Setter - I, Of either gender - F or M (Female or Male), Habit (Definition) |
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Ganesh Raman
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Minor feud occasionally erupts in a military outfit, perhaps | 18 | 12 | MINOR FU (Feud occasionally); ERUPTS: Anagrind; A MILITARY OUTFIT, PERHAPS (Def by example) |
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Nathan Townshend
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If our heartless men go astray, get even! | 18 | 10 | IF OUR MN * go astray = anagrind; even = def |
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@LowdownCryptic
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Bit of ugly, standard clothing provided! (7) | 17 | 9 | &lit! - U (bit of ugly) + N(IF)ORM (standard = NORM "clothing" provided = IF) |
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@qpheevr
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Livery stable (7) | 14 | 5 | Double definition. (In the surface, a livery stable is a place where horses are boarded.) |
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Veera Raghavan
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Peace keepers notify loss of battalion’s last outfit (7) | 12 | 6 | UN INFORM-N. Def: Outfit |
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Samit Kallianpur
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Flat, wedge-shaped slices of cucumber and eggplant cut [7] | 11 | 5 | [Cuneiform - C E]. Wedge-shaped = Cuneiform [Collins]. Slices of Cucumber and Eggplant = C E (1st letters). Cut = Deletion indicator [Clue Clinic]. Def = Flat [Chambers] |
- Unique approach and nice surface - not common knowledge, but educational!
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Thejaswi Udupa
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Dress worn after tango | 11 | 4 | Def - Dress worn. Uniform comes after Tango in the NATO alphabet |
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Peace keepers from work have one standard dress code (7) | 7 | 5 | Peace keepers -UN, FROM* around I , standard dress code-def |
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Educational institution say, from another level (7) | 5 | 3 | Educational institution say is UNI/ FROM* another as anagram indicator and level as Definition |
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University to inform about standardised clothing (7) | 5 | 3 | University = U; to = connector; inform about = anagram of (INFORM)* with “about” as indicator; standardised clothing = uniform = definition |
- Use of anind for Only in to ni! Could have better worded
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Heard you in secret communication with a police officer | 4 | 3 | DD U in NATO code//police officer |
- “Secret” is misleading here—the NATO phonetic alphabet is a code, but not a secret one
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A French brief without a trace of night dress (7) | 4 | 2 | UN (A in French) + INFORM (brief, v.) - N (first letter of night, indicated by trace of); Definition: Dress |
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Unfair settlement - getting nothing for a Military Head's professional outfit(7) | 3 | 2 | Definition: Professional outfit. Anno: {UNF(-A)(+O)IR}*{M}. Anagrind: Settlement. Nothing=O. Military Head=M |
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A French island type costume(7) | 1 | 1 | Definition is costume, a in French is un, island is i, type is form |
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Even prompt about sex after getting closer to you and me (7) | 1 | 1 | Def: Even, U + N + I + F or M (prompt about sex) |
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It’s not irregular, we hear, to look into an international organization with a criminal record. | | 0 | Definition: It's not irregular. To look= eye (homonym I) goes into UN (international organization) + form (criminal record) |
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Steady’s outfit (7) | | 0 | Double definition |
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