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N Anantakrishnan
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Revolutionary Marxist state's leader is off grid (6) | 28 | 15 | (Marxist - s)* Def - grid |
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Samit kallianpur
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Nine coming under tram, sadly die (6) | 22 | 11 | [ix under tram* - Down clue]. Nine = ix. Coming under = juxtaposition ind [Down clue]. Sadly = anagrind. Def = die [Collins] |
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Nathan Townshend
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I kiss maiden at river before bed | 19 | 11 | I kiss = I X; maiden at river before = M AT R in front; bed = def (Chambers) |
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Veera Raghavan
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Form compound around Art Complex (6) | 17 | 8 | M(ATR*)IX. Definition: Form |
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Suyash Roongta
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Mother reportedly defrauds model (6) | 12 | 9 | MA (mother) + TRIX (homophone of tricks / defrauds). Homophone indicator - reportedly. Def - model. |
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Satyen Nabar
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Associate cuddling a model, beginning to romp in bed (6) | 12 | 8 | MIX around {A + T + R(omp)}; associate= mix, cuddling= cont ind, a= a, model= t, beginning to romp= r (1st letter sel ind), defn= bed (ref: Chambers) |
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Tulika Das
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Table for Spooner's platter combination (6) | 9 | 5 | Table - def ; Spoonerism of TRAY MIX |
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Gayathri Viswanath
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Mould of abstract art in alloy (6) | 7 | 6 | Def- Mould M ART*IX |
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VENKATESAN P
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Table of New Tax Regime lacked even genuine exemptions initially(6) | 7 | 6 | Definition: Table. Anno: (T. AX+R(-E) (-G) (-E) IME) * New - Anagrind. Lacked - Deletion indicator. Initially - to pick first letters of Even, Genuine & Exemptions |
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Textrous
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Intricate art put together without a mould (6) | 7 | 5 | Def: a mould; Intricate art=ART*, put together=MIX, without=outside (containment indicator); MIX outside ATR |
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Sowmya Ramkumar
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Terrible leader intercepts to spoil current vote table (6) | 7 | 5 | Def: Table, MA(T)R I X, T (Terrible leader), To spoil = MAR, Current = I, Vote = X |
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@LowdownCryptic
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Array of pranks after April, by the sound of it (6) | 7 | 5 | Homophone - pranks after April are "May tricks" (def: Array) |
- it/what comes after april = may
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Announcement to follow: April Fools arrangement (6) | 6 | 4 | Homophone (indicated by announcement) of “May (to follow April) Tricks (fools)”. Def: arrangement (as in Mathematics) |
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Dim deceptions on telephone network. | 5 | 3 | Mat [dim (verb*)] trix [deceptions] -[on telephone ]-homophone indicator. Network-def. |
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Mother heard kids in womb (6) | 4 | 8 | MA (mother) + TRIX (homophone of TRICKS = kids), def = womb (old def of matrix given in Collins), heard is hp-ind |
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An environment that encourages development of a variety of individual attributes, as described by Spooner (6) | 1 | 1 | “trait mix” Spoonerism |
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