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N Anantakrishnan
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Note : Potholes every now and then, proceed carefully (6) | 33 | 14 | Ti P(o)T(h)O(l)E(s) Def - proceed carefully |
- From Bangalore?
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@LowdownCryptic
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This pet loves choosing odd places to creep (6) | 19 | 11 | T(h)I(s) P(e)T (l)O(v)E(s), choosing odd places (Def: creep) |
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Ganesh Raman
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Sneak in visit to England while king is away | 16 | 10 | Def: SNEAK; Visit to England = TRIP TO E; King is away: Deletion indicator for letter R |
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Ramesh Swaminathan
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Leave something for the waiter to smile at the end and walk silently (6) | 16 | 9 | Leave something for the waiter= TIP+ TO+ E =smile at the end def: WALK SILENTLY |
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Adman_i
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Pitt played extremely offensive creep (6) | 16 | 9 | (PITT)*(O....E), Creep (Definition) |
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Thejaswi Udupa
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Petition not in order? Walk away quietly. | 14 | 10 | (PETITION - IN)*, Walk away quietly is the definition |
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Textrous
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Leaders of this outdoor exploration followed suggestion to walk slowly (6) | 14 | 10 | Def: to walk slowly; Leaders of this outdoor exploration=TOE, suggestion=TIP |
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Sowmya Ramkumar
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Quietly move spinner back to front in match (6) | 12 | 9 | Def. Quietly move, Spinner TOP, Back to front PTO, in Match - TIE |
- Perhaps ‘draw’ rather than match as synonym for tie?
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Ramki Krishnan
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Walk like a ballerina - without really using energy, basically pirouette around (6) | 12 | 8 | Def = walk like a ballerina, anagram of (PIROUETTE - R U E), around is anagram indicator, basically is acrostic, without is deletion |
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Veera Raghavan
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Harry Potter runs out, catches one creep (6) | 12 | 7 | POTTER*-R+I. Harry: anagrind. Definition: creep |
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Move stealthily with rope to restrain top criminal (6) | 11 | 7 | TIE around TOP*; defn= move stealthily, with= link, rope (verb)= tie, to restrain= cont ind, criminal= anag ind. |
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Walk carefully with damaged pot bound by rope(6) | 11 | 7 | Definition: Walk carefully. Anno: (TI(POT*)E). Pot - Anagram fodder. Damaged - Anagrind. Rope - Tie. Bound by - Insertion indicator. |
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Go gently! (Poet getting it wrong) | 11 | 5 | POET + IT * Refers to Dylan Thomas' 'Do not go gently into that good night' |
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Walk carefully after bobcat leaves petticoat in tatters (6) | 1 | 1 | def: walk carefully; PETTICOAT*-CAT* |
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Depression knocks back legend? Tread carefully! (6) | 0 | 2 | Depression- PIT< , Legend = toe ( punny def) , Tread carefully - def |
- should be "knocked back" as the reversal indicator IMO
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Pad stormy jovian moon with alien exercise. | | 0 | Pad-def. [stormy]-anagram signal. Io (Jovian moon), et (alien), pt-(exercise). |
- indirect anagram
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Nearly reached the bottom of pot tied from top, to break...One has to be on this to get higher! (6) | | 0 | Down clue Nearly reached the bottom of pot tied from top = (pot tied - d)* to break = anagrind Def = One has to be on this to get higher = tiptoe (on this = on tiptoe) |
- Ref to dahi handi?
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