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Ganesh Raman
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Bizarre rules lead to terrible outcome | 40 | 22 | Anagram of RULES (Anagrind BIZARRE) + T (first letter of TERRIBLE); Def OUTCOME |
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Sowmya Ramkumar
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Outcome of recent elections shakes up legislature's top leaders | 20 | 14 | Acrostic. Def. Outcome |
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Samit Kallianpur
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Verdict: Hustlers condemned, after losing case (6) | 20 | 12 | [(-H)ustler*(-s). Hustlers = fodder. Anagrind = condemned. After losing case= ind. to delete 1st and last letters before anagramming. Def = verdict] |
- Clever
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Veera Raghavan
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Outcome sure left both sides baffled (6) | 19 | 11 | (SURE L..T)*. Definition: outcome |
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@LowdownCryptic
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Consequence is beginning for Trump after breaking rules (6) | 18 | 11 | Result (consequence) is T (beginning for Trump) after RULES* (breaking) |
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Suyash Roongta
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Leaders of right-wing establishment sulking upon lacklustre tally in outcome (6) | 17 | 13 | Acrostic. Indicator - leaders of. Def - outcome. |
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N Anantakrishnan
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True poll figures finally altered outcome (6) | 17 | 12 | ( True L S)* Def - outcome |
- Did they alter the result or the expectation/projections?
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Sparsh Sinha
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Mark lures exotic model (6) | 17 | 12 | Def - Mark, exotic - anagrind for lures = resul + T(model) = result |
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Gayathri Viswanath
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Leaders in recent election saw unexpected losses taking effect (6) | 17 | 9 | Def - effect , Acrostic |
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Satyen Nabar
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Leaders in recent election suffer unexpected losses, transforming outcome (6) | 15 | 10 | Acrostic, leaders in= acrostic ind, defn= outcome |
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Outcome of recent elections - strong, undisputed leader trailed from the beginning (6) | 12 | 9 | Acrostic, defn. = outcome, indicator = from the beginning |
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Consequence of rules broken by primary teacher(6) | 11 | 7 | Definition is consequence, anagram of rules * + t |
- Tight
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Conclusion of hi-res ultrasound (6) | 10 | 7 | Def: Conclusion. Telescopic |
- Sneaky
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Outcome of uncontrolled lust (6) | 10 | 7 | Def: Outcome; RE (of) LUST* (anagrind: uncontrolled) |
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Outcome of election destabilised Ulster | 8 | 6 | Def, anagram indicator, fodder |
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Junkie’s upset by extremely light side effect | 8 | 6 | Junkie’s upset = USER< by extremely LighT Def- side effect |
- Lol
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Mad rulers lost crown before the first verdict (6) | 8 | 5 | Definition: Verdict. Anno: ((-R)ULERS")(T(-HE)). Mad - Anagrind. Lost - Deletion indicator. Crown - First letter of Rulers. The first - T |
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Tumbling headless turtles appear (6) | 7 | 4 | (T)URTLES*, Anagrind - tumbling, def - appear |
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Losing BJP leader’s bluster gets surprising outcome (6) | 6 | 3 | BJP leader - B, gets surprising - anagrind, outcome (definition) - {(BLUSTER)-B}* |
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Others secured essentially full marks (6) | 4 | 4 | REST(others) around UL , MARKS-DEF |
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Draw a possible conclusion? (6) | 3 | 2 | DD (one of them by example). Conclusion = result; a draw is a possible result. |
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Rustle about consequence (6) | 1 | 1 | Rustle*/ about is anagrind |
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Arise, relax, take the edge off at makeup store before it closes (6) | 1 | 1 | Def = Arise, {RESt}+{ULTa} |
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Outcome surely after twin initially replaced you (6) | 1 | 1 | Def on left. Surely anagrammed, after Y replaced by T |
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Initially ridiculed, experts solve unusually localized tornedo cause (6) | 1 | 1 | Acrostic (indicated by initially). Definition: result to mean to cause, occur or follow as the consequence of something. |
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Sample some bare, sultry development? | 0 | 3 | [sample some] -hidden indicator {ba}re sult{ry} development-def. |
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Flipping junkie and drunk I abandoned in effect. | 0 | 2 | Resu (user (junkie) teversed (flipping) + lt (lit (drunk) minus I) . Effect = Result (definition) |
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Chores ultras include as a consequence (6) | 0 | 1 | ChoRES ULTras has the runner. Definition on the right: consequence. |
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