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Satyen Nabar
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Mafia sent criminal to kill associate? That's obvious (8) | 24 | 12 | (MAFIA SENT)* - A; criminal= anag ind, to kill associate= delete A (abbrev), defn= obvious |
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Amrita Majumdar
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Plain fellow's strange fetish - scratching bottom! (8) | 19 | 10 | PLAIN- DEF, MAN FETIS(-H) anagram |
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Ramki Krishnan
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Post about extraordinarily fine show (8) | 18 | 11 | Def = show, MAST (post) around FINE* |
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Textrous
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Show unruly inmates grabbing felon’s head (8) | 16 | 9 | Def: Show, anagrind: unruly, INMATES* around F |
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@LowdownCryptic
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It means to develop and take form, primarily! (8) | 16 | 8 | &lit (whole clue explains a primary def of manifest) - IT MEANS* to develop (anagram) and take F (form, primarily) |
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Sitter
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It's clear unruly inmates receive fine (8) | 14 | 10 | INMATES* around F(ine) |
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Veera Raghavan
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Police force inmates to reveal (8) | 14 | 8 | FINMATES*. Police: anagrind. Definition: Reveal |
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Display first name vaguely without hint of religion (8) | 6 | 5 | Anagram of first name - r. Definition display |
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Fans extremely disheartened Ashwin's taking time off - it's obvious (8) | 6 | 4 | F..S A..N TIME*, Def: It’s obvious |
- Nice surface but "taking" as a connector for parts of the anagram fodder doesn''t work IMO
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Bold dude's independent and fair (8) | 6 | 4 | Bold is def/ dude is man/ independent is I/ fair is fest |
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Fame isn't changing my bucket list | 6 | 3 | FAMEISNT* 'my bucket list' = cryptic definition of ship's manifest |
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Declare new first name without resistance (8) | 4 | 3 | Definition: Declare. Anno: (FI(-R) ST+NAME) *. Anagrind: New. Resistance - R. Deletion indicator - without |
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Show up in Romani festival | 4 | 2 | Definition: "Show up"; containment indicator: "in"; container: "roMANI FESTival" |
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It’s obvious. Maybe, a feminist emancipated at the core is wanted (8) | 2 | 1 | It's obvious (definition), Maybe - Anagrind, wanted - del ind, core - centre letter, ((A FEMINIST) - (emancIpated))* |
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Index of Armani Festival (8) | 0 | 4 | def: "index", containment indicator : "of" |
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