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Satyen Nabar
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How a tree releases oxygen, changing atmospheric conditions (7) | 40 | 18 | (HOW A TREE - O)*: releases= deletion indicator, oxygen= O, changing= anagram indicator, defn= atmospheric conditions |
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Samit kallianpur
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Conditions were extremely heart-wrenching (7) | 24 | 13 | We + heart*. Were extremely = We. Heart = anagram fodder. Wrenching = anagrind. Def = Conditions [Chambers] |
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Adman_i
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Endure extremes of heatwave, submerged in running water (7) | 23 | 14 | Endure (Definition), Running - anagrind, Water - Fodder, WATE(HeatwavE)R* |
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Sowmya Ramkumar
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Brave man in hot water (7) | 21 | 12 | Def. Brave, HE (man) inserted in WATER* (Anagram Ind. - Hot) |
- Not sure if hot is a valid anagram indicator
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Amrita Majumdar
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Don accepts the conditions (7) | 19 | 13 | Don ( WEAR ) around THE , Conditions -def |
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Sparsh Sinha
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A three wheeler's starter damaged in rain, perhaps (7) | 18 | 11 | Def - rain, perhaps : damaged - anagrind : A +three + W(wheeler's starter) = weather |
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Avtaar
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Brave man drowned in murky water (7) | 14 | 10 | HE(man) inside Anagram(murky) of WATER*. Def: Brave (v) |
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Veera Raghavan
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Climate there mostly was balmy (7) | 10 | 7 | (THERE WA)* Balmy: anagrind (Re: Clue clinic) |
- Was mostly would have been better, IMO
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Textrous
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Threw a wobbly about English conditions (7) | 10 | 6 | Def: conditions; Anagrind: wobbly; THREWA* about E (the clue uses the idiom "Throw a wobbly") |
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@LowdownCryptic
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Part of a news broadcast, if on the radio (7) | 9 | 7 | Def on left, "if" = "whether" and homophone indicator is "on the radio" |
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VENKATESAN P
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Beginning of rain after heat we suffered? It's climate! (7) | 9 | 5 | Definition: Climate. Anno: (HEAT+WE*)(R). Beginning of rain - R. Suffered - Anagrind. "HEAT WE" - Fodder. |
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The weary endlessly struggle to endure | 8 | 11 | The wear{y} [endlessly] -ana. fodder. [struggle]-ana. sig. to endure-def. |
- Nice clue. But imho, fodder struggles/ struggling works
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We hear the first rumbling of rains (7) | 8 | 6 | (WE + HEAR + T)*. T = the first. Anagram indicator - rumbling. Def - rains. |
- Nice attempt...could have avoided ''wordplay of def''
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Withstand elements (7) | 8 | 5 | DOUBLE DEFINITION |
- Root issue?
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Ride out where auto periodically breaks down | 7 | 4 | Definition: ride out; WHERE+AuTo*; anagrind: “breaks down" |
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Conditions outside are unsure I heard. (7) | 6 | 5 | Unsure/choice. Whether. Homophone with Weather. |
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Brave outlook (7) | 6 | 5 | Double def. Brave (verb) = weather (verb), outlook = weather (noun) |
- Nice one, but both meanings come from the same root.
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Hear wet gusts result in rain, perhaps (7) | 5 | 3 | (Hear wet)* anagram indicated by gusts; Definition by example (rain perhaps) |
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Brave Ram, say? (7) | 4 | 3 | Def: Brave. HP (say is the HP indicator )of wether (ram, male sheep) |
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Three witches are initially assembled in thunder, lightning or rain? | 1 | 9 | THREE = fodder; witches are initially = W A ; assembled = anagrind; thunder, lightning or rain? = def Ref opening scene of Macbeth |
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Stand and cough when you're under it? (7) | 1 | 1 | DD with first definition (stand) being straight, and second definition (a reference to "under the weather") being cryptic. |
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