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1ACCWC#492 - MINESTRONE (10) (15)

Total Clues: 19 Total Voters: 22

# Name Clue Points Voters Anno Comments
1 @LowdownCryptic In Rome, sent out for Italian food (10) 2211(IN ROME SENT)* - anagrind = out, def = Italian food
2 Satyen Nabar Cook sent in more soup (10) 1911(SENT IN MORE)*; cook= anag ind, defn= soup
3 Samit kallianpur Oh, this soup is exotic in Rome...honest! (10) 1811CA. [Oh + minestrone]* = [in Rome honest]*. Anagrind = is exotic. Def = this soup [& the soup is of Italian origin]
4 Suyash Roongta Devious setter leaves one minister in the soup (10) 179Anagram of ONE MINISTER - I (setter leaves). Anagrind - devious. Def - soup.
5 VENKATESAN P Some intern prepared vegetable soup(10) 1311Definition: Vegetable soup. Anno: (SOME+INTERN)*. Prepared - Anagram indicator.
6 Nathan Townshend Broth freshly made - no mere tins! 138Broth = def; freshly made = anagram indicator; NO MERE TINS = fodder - A lovely anagram and one nobody else found :)
7 Ramki Krishnan Remote inn, for starters, serves fresh soup (10) 137Anagram of (REMOTE INN S), def = soup, fresh = anagrind
8 N Anantakrishnan Ordered in Rome, on vacation - tacos, noodle soup (10) 137{in Rome t(aco)s n(oodl)e}* Def - soup
9 Ends of onion, edamame, melon, rapini, and skirret blended into a soup 127Anagram fodder: "ends of" O...N, E...E, M...N, R...I, S...T; anagrind: "blended"; definition: "a soup"
10 Some intern cooked a thick, broth soup 118Anagram of SOME INTERN; Anagrind COOKED; Def on the right
11 Dinner most English prepared not having a bit of dill for the soup (10) 106[(d)INNER MOST E]*. Prepared: anagrind. Definition: soup
12 Thick soup cooked with left out winter melons (10) 96Defn = THICK SOUP, {WINTERMELONS} - {With}{Left}, OUT = deletion indicator, COOKED = anagram indicator
13 Wandering Minstrel wanting lunch basically, only gets soup 85Definition: Soup Wandering (Anagrind) MINSTREL - L * (wanting lunch basically) ONE (only)
14 Harry sent in more soup (10) 65Def: soup, Anagram of SENTINMORE*
15 Liberally sent in more soup (10) 65(sent in more)* anagram indicated by liberally, Def: soup
16 A hearty broth cooked from miners' note 52Def: hearty broth; 'cooked from'- anagram indicator for "miners' note"
17 Cooked in Rome, shared by home (10) 11NEST into anagram of IN ROME*. Anagram ind.: cooked. Insertion ind.: shared by "to divide into shares" (could easily be replaced with "divided" or "split" if deemed too "out there"). Def.: &lit
18 Doctor sent in more soup (10) 010(sent in more)* doctor as anagrind and soup as def
19 Setter drinking trendy and most powerful drug in soup (10) 05setter ME around IN Trendy + Most omits last letter g in powerful STRON(-g) + E drug. Drinking is container indication. Def: SOUP