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1ACCWC#463 - MOBILE (6)

Total Clues: 19 Total Voters: 24

# Name Clue Points Voters Anno Comments
1 @LowdownCryptic Active couples starting mountain biking lessons (6) 2711Def: Active - couples starting MO(untain) BI(king) LE(ssons)
2 Ramki Krishnan Communication device basically making one's brain inactive, less energetic (6) 2615Acrostic of "making... energetic", def = communication device, whole clue as extended def
3 manish jhaveri Undercover agent has bug installed initially in phone (6) 2416MOLE taking in B I; def = phone
4 Textrous Migrant gang that is stealing money in the UK (6) 2414Def: Migrant; gang=MOB, that is=IE, stealing=containment indicator, money in the UK=L - Smooth!
5 Suyash Roongta What might a travelling limo be? (6) 1911(LIMO BE)*. Anagrind - travelling. Whole clue is defn.
6 Simon T. Hill Lively limbo dancing at start of event (6) 1910LIMBO* + E(vent) Def = Lively - Nicely phrased
7 Kalyan Bandyopadhyay Limo with bit of brake fluid trouble finally moving (6) 1810(LIMO + B)* anagram indicated by fluid + E (troublE finally); Definition: moving
8 Adman_i Backdoor information initially gathered by spy on the move (6) 149On the move (Definition), Spy - Mole, MO(Backdoor)(Information)LE
9 Moving in a long way, ball hits top of bail (6) 137Def - Moving. In - containment indicator, A long way = MILE around O (ball) B(ail). Hits - connector
10 Embroiled in conflict, communist gets out, is on the move (6) 128(EMBROILED-RED)*. Anagrind: in conflict. Def: on the move
11 Transitory crowd on French island (6) 76Intended as a down clue: MOB (crowd) on ILE (French for island); Definition = "transitory"
12 Starting to mull over British, Irish and the French phone technology, say(6) 64Definition = phone technology say, first letters ( m o b i) + le( the French)
13 Almost large animal captured in cell (6) 64Def: Cell, MOLE (Animal) BI(g) (almost large) captured (containment)
14 Lively gathering, almost laid up with ecstasy (6) 64Lively definition/ gathering mob/ almost laid up is il(-l)/ ecstasy is E
15 Migrant old boy held in long haul (6) 53M(OB) ILE. Definition : Migrant = Mobile, long haul = Mile
16 Breast implants, initially implanted in spy, are moving around (6) 44BI (‘Breast Implants’, initially) implanted in MOLE (‘spy’) = MO(BI)LE = ‘moving around’
17 Dynamic boy finishes the last flipping in four laps(6) 42Definition: Dynamic. Anno: (M(BO(-Y)<--)ILE). Finishes the last - Delete the last letter of boy. Flipping - Reversal indicator. Four laps - Mile
18 Couple of objects seen in a distance moving (6) 33OB inside MILE , Moving - def
19 US city on the move 32Double definition (US city, on the move)