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1ACCWC#502 - MANIFEST (8)

Total Clues: 15 Total Voters: 16

# Name Clue Points Voters Anno Comments
1 Satyen Nabar Mafia sent criminal to kill associate? That's obvious (8) 2412(MAFIA SENT)* - A; criminal= anag ind, to kill associate= delete A (abbrev), defn= obvious
2 Amrita Majumdar Plain fellow's strange fetish - scratching bottom! (8) 1910PLAIN- DEF, MAN FETIS(-H) anagram
3 Ramki Krishnan Post about extraordinarily fine show (8) 1811Def = show, MAST (post) around FINE*
4 Textrous Show unruly inmates grabbing felon’s head (8) 169Def: Show, anagrind: unruly, INMATES* around F
5 @LowdownCryptic It means to develop and take form, primarily! (8) 168&lit (whole clue explains a primary def of manifest) - IT MEANS* to develop (anagram) and take F (form, primarily)
6 Sitter It's clear unruly inmates receive fine (8) 1410INMATES* around F(ine)
7 Veera Raghavan Police force inmates to reveal (8) 148FINMATES*. Police: anagrind. Definition: Reveal
8 Display first name vaguely without hint of religion (8) 65Anagram of first name - r. Definition display
9 Fans extremely disheartened Ashwin's taking time off - it's obvious (8) 64F..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
10 Bold dude's independent and fair (8) 64Bold is def/ dude is man/ independent is I/ fair is fest
11 Fame isn't changing my bucket list 63FAMEISNT* 'my bucket list' = cryptic definition of ship's manifest
12 Declare new first name without resistance (8) 43Definition: Declare. Anno: (FI(-R) ST+NAME) *. Anagrind: New. Resistance - R. Deletion indicator - without
13 Show up in Romani festival 42Definition: "Show up"; containment indicator: "in"; container: "roMANI FESTival"
14 It’s obvious. Maybe, a feminist emancipated at the core is wanted (8) 21It's obvious (definition), Maybe - Anagrind, wanted - del ind, core - centre letter, ((A FEMINIST) - (emancIpated))*
15 Index of Armani Festival (8) 04def: "index", containment indicator : "of"