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@qpheevr
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Arming the rebels for a worst-case scenario (9) | 22 | 12 | (ARMING THE)*; “rebels” = anagrind; “a worst-case scenario” = NIGHTMARE (in a figurative sense) |
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Satyen Nabar
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Hearts captured by poor emigrant's ordeal (9) | 22 | 11 | H in EMIGRANT*; hearts= h, captured by= insertion ind, poor= anag ind, defn= ordeal |
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Ramki Krishnan
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Terrible thing to spoil sleep, essentially (9) | 16 | 9 | THING* + MAR + sl(E)ep, whole clue as def |
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@LowdownCryptic
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Right name, wrong trial (9) | 15 | 10 | Anagram of RIGHT NAME; anagrind is "wrong"; def is "trial" (meaning ordeal) |
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Sowmya Ramkumar
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Scary thing to spoil sleep, essentially! (9) | 15 | 8 | &Lit, THING*+MAR+E (Scary anagram indicator, to spoil = mar, slEep) |
- Not sure if "scary" is a valid anagram ind
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Suyash Roongta
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Horror! German hit at sea! | 13 | 9 | {GERMANHIT}*. Anagram indicator - at sea. Def - horror. Surface could be a WWII headline referring to German U-boat attack. |
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Sparsh Sinha
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Horrible monsters gnawed hair regularly in a bad dream | 12 | 8 | Def - a bad dream, horrible anagrind, alternate letter selection - regularly |
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Amrita Majumdar
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Agony from torn hamstring knocks out top sportsman in the middle of the field (9) | 10 | 5 | Agony-def, Hamstring* -S + E (Middle of fiEld) |
- I don’t think “*in* the middle of *the* field” quite works for indicating the E or where it goes
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Hitman Rohit's first game ends badly causing agony (9) | 9 | 6 | {Hitman R(ohit) g(am)e}*. def - Agony |
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A thing involved with rapid eye movement | 9 | 5 | Anagram &lit: A THING REM * involved is the anagrind; Rapid eye movement is associated with dreams. |
- Needs acrostic ind for REM - else it is an indirect anagram
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Stormy rain might prove in the end for one to be an ordeal (9) | 9 | 5 | (RAINMIGHT-I +provE)*. Stormy: anagrind. Def: Ordeal |
- I’m dubious about “for” as an omission indicator
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Trial for arming the criminal (9) | 8 | 6 | (arming the)*; Definition: Trial |
- Def "for" wordplay is not kosher IMO
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Scary thing to spoil middle of sleep | 8 | 6 | (THING)* MAR (to spoil) E (middle of slEep). Scary is anagrind. Whole clue is defn |
- Haven''t seen scary as an anagram indicator in Chambers or Clue Clinic lists
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Dark dream about daughter being taken away? | 7 | 5 | &-lit; DARK = NIGHT, Anagram of (DREAM minus D) = MARE |
- Because the NIGHT in NIGHTMARE really means night, cluing it as “dark” isn’t very cryptic
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Hallucination in darkness followed by fevered dreams, essentially (9) | 6 | 3 | Darkness - Night, Fevered - anagrind, Dreams essentially - fodder, Hallucination (Definition) - (NIGHT) + d(REAM)*s |
- Because the NIGHT in NIGHTMARE really means night, cluing it as “darkness” isn’t very cryptic
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Spooner could not at any time, poetically, be a horror (9) | 5 | 4 | Spooner: spoonerism; could = MIGHT; not at any time, poetically = NE’ER (NARE); hence MIGHT NARE = NIGHTMARE; horror = definition |
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Disturbing vision of a goblin chasing chess pieces departing Kansas (9) | 3 | 2 | (k)NIGHT(s) + MARE [a goblin] |
- The MARE that means “goblin” is the same root as in NIGHTMARE
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Demon's near "E-Mart" building (9) | 1 | 1 | Definition: Demon. Anno: (NIGH)(EMART*). Near=Nigh. Building - Anagrind. E-Mart - fodder |
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