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You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Nicholson embraces the right to cheer up (8)	### Answer: BRIGHTEN ### Explanation: Definition: to cheer up BEN(Nicholson, British abstract painter) containing(embraces) RIGHT.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Trouble riding mount (5)	### Answer: UPSET ### Explanation: Definition: Trouble UP(riding,up on a horse) + SET(to fix,mount eg. a gem in a ring, or a picture in a frame).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Henry has time for divinity (4)	### Answer: HERA ### Explanation: Definition: divinity H(abbrev. for Henry) plus(has) ERA(a long period of time). Answer: Ancient Greek goddess,divinity,a divine being, wife and sister of Zeus – who's to stop him from doing what he likes?
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Former pupil's able to read, write and rub out (10)	### Answer: OBLITERATE ### Explanation: Definition: rub out OB(abbrev. for $$o$$ld $$b$$oy,former pupil) + LITERATE(able to read,write). Answer: To erase,rub out.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Tourist sees peak when touring Italy (7)	### Answer: VISITOR ### Explanation: Definition: Tourist VISOR(the projecting front piece,peak of a cap to shade your eyes) containing(when touring) IT(the ISO code, and the Internet domain code, for Italy)
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Question an Anglican with suspicion (7)	### Answer: ASKANCE ### Explanation: Definition: with suspicion ASK(question) + AN + CE(abbrev. for $$C$$hurch of $$E$$ngland,Anglican).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Utter nonsense about king in tower (6)	### Answer: TURRET ### Explanation: Definition: tower Anagram of(nonsense) UTTER containing(about) R(abbrev. for Latin $$R$$ex,king)
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Resolved to be under canvas (6)	### Answer: INTENT ### Explanation: Definition: Resolved IN (a) TENT(to be under canvas,tent material). Answer: Being determined,resolved.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Father's new hooter (5)	### Answer: SIREN ### Explanation: Definition: hooter SIRE(father) + N($$n$$ew).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Notice director is overseeing nuclear researchers (7)	### Answer: DISCERN ### Explanation: Definition: Notice D(abbrev. for director) + IS placed above(overseeing, in a down clue) CERN(originally $$C$$onseil $$E$$uropéen pour la $$R$$echerche $$N$$ucléaire – French for European Council for Nuclear Research, but now Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire – European Organization for Nuclear Research, but retaining the old acronym. Those scientists who accelerate atomic particles to smash into one another to discover even smaller particles, amongst other things.)
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Sober and satisfied when outside batting (9)	### Answer: CONTINENT ### Explanation: Definition: Sober CONTENT(satisfied) containing(when outside) IN(in cricket, descriptive of the team that is batting). Answer: Exercising control and moderation in one's desires, especially with alcohol and sex, which presumably means that you're sober … and vice versa.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Big cat's sudden swoop lacks power (5)	### Answer: OUNCE ### Explanation: Definition: Big cat "pounce"(sudden swoop,surprise attack) minus(lacks) "p"(abbrev. for power, in physics). Answer: The snow leopard,a big cat.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Bound to put small amount in hat (7)	### Answer: LIMITED ### Explanation: Definition: Bound MITE(a small amount of money) contained in(put…in) LID(slang for a hat).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: I meet Stan dancing in the bistro (9)	### Answer: ESTAMINET ### Explanation: Definition: bistro Anagram of(dancing) I MEET STAN.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Reasons for putting drink under control (9)	### Answer: RATIONALE ### Explanation: Definition: Reasons [RATION ALE](regulating,putting under control, the giving out of beer,drink).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Thief damaged clarinets (9)	### Answer: LARCENIST ### Explanation: Definition: Thief Anagram of(damaged) CLARINETS. Answer: One who commits thievery.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: No curates should get mixed up with her (9)	### Answer: COURTESAN ### Explanation: Definition: her Anagram of(should get mixed up) NO CURATES. Answer: From Italian, literally, a woman of the court, but meaning a prostitute or mistress of a nobleman or a wealthy man. Certainly not suitable company for men of the cloth, including curates. A nice WIWD (wordplay intertwined with defninition) clue – my COD.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Worker finds group leader more idle (7)	### Answer: GLAZIER ### Explanation: Definition: Worker G(initial letter,leader of "group") + LAZIER(more idle). Answer: A worker who firs the glass panes in windows.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Breakers' expert is superficial (7)	### Answer: SURFACE ### Explanation: Definition: superficial SURF(waves that break on the shore) + ACE(expert). Answer: As in "a surface reading of the clue does not give sufficient information."
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Australia's a gas! (5)	### Answer: OZONE ### Explanation: Definition: gas OZ(what Australians call their country) + ONE(a).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Diplomacy surrounding Indian leader is understood (5)	### Answer: TACIT ### Explanation: Definition: understood TACT(diplomacy) containing(surrounding) I(initial letter,leader of "Indian")
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: No-hoper in party admitting violation? Not initially (6)	### Answer: DRONGO ### Explanation: Definition: No-hoper DO(a party,function,bash) containing(admitting) RONG{"wrong"(violation,offence) minus its first letter(not initially)}. Answer: From slang-rich Oz, a slow-witted person,no-hoper, apparently derived from the name of an unsuccessful racehorse in the 1920s, which in turn could have been named after the bird.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Plant is shortly an enticement to tour parks when cultivated (8)	### Answer: LARKSPUR ### Explanation: Definition: Plant LUR{"lure"(an enticement,bait) minus its last letter(shortly)} containing(to tour) anagram of(when cultivated) PARKS.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Secures extra, we hear, and makes do (4,2)	### Answer: GETS BY ### Explanation: Definition: makes do Homophone of(we hear) "gets bye"(secures,obtains, in cricket an extra run without the batsman hitting the ball). Answer: As in "he gets by on a pittance".
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Projected plan in races arranged with nothing to follow (8)	### Answer: SCENARIO ### Explanation: Definition: Projected plan Anagram of(arranged) IN RACES plus(with…to follow) O(looks like zero,nothing)
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Like one getting abuse around amateur – and cut off from elsewhere? (9)	### Answer: INSULATED ### Explanation: Definition: cut off from elsewhere INSULTED(descriptive of,like one getting abuse) containing(around) A(abbrev. for $$a$$mateur).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Regular features in column disheartened colleague having little weight (5)	### Answer: OUNCE ### Explanation: Definition: little weight OUN{second, fourth and sixth letters(regular features) in "column"} + CE{"colleague" minus its inner letters(disheartened,heart extracted)}. Answer: You might be too young to have had to learn in school "16 ozs make a lb weight, 14 lbs make a stone, 112 lbs make a cwt, and 20 cwts make a ton" pre-metrication. As I memorised them, I often wondered, "Where did those diaboloical numbers come from?"
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Manager to plunder a Liverpool player before game, reportedly (5,8)	### Answer: HARRY REDKNAPP ### Explanation: Definition: Manager HARRY(to ravage,plunder, as in war) RED(a player of the Liverpool Football Club, nicknamed the Reds) placed before(before) KNAPP{homophone of(reportedly) "nap"(short for "napoleon",a card game similar to whist, apparently not named after the 1 with his hand under his vest in his portraits, but his nephew, the III. The references I've seen don't tell how he got to have a card game named after him.)}.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Disrespect pro overturned in loyalty to organisation (6,2,5)	### Answer: ESPRIT DE CORPS ### Explanation: Definition: loyalty to organisation Anagram of(overturned) DISRESPECT PRO. Answer: Camaraderie, literally French for group spirit.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Notice in the last month one no longer in minority (5)	### Answer: ADULT ### Explanation: Definition: one no longer in minority AD(short for advertisement,a notice) + ULT(abbrev. for ultimo,in the month preceding the current one,in the last month). Answer: One who has grown and is no longer a minor.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Courageous fielder in decisive part of match? (4,5)	### Answer: GAME POINT ### Explanation: Definition: decisive part of match GAME(having a fighting spirit,courageous) + POINT(in cricket, the position, or the fielder who takes the position, a short distance in front of and to the offside of the batsmen – I will assume that you know the other cricketing terms in that definition). Answer: The part in a eg. squash, tennis or badminton match where one further point would enable one of the players or sides to win the game.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Moving painting recreated with love for impressionism foremost (8)	### Answer: POIGNANT ### Explanation: Definition: Moving Anagram of(recreated) of PAONTING{"painting" where "o"(looks like zero,love in tennis scores) is replaced by(with….for) "i"{initial letter(foremost) of "impressionism"}. Answer: Moving,touching emotionally. A nice WIWD (wordplay intertwined with definition) clue.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Figure of speech producing amused response around island (6)	### Answer: SIMILE ### Explanation: Definition: Figure of speech SMILE(an amused response) containing(around) I(abbrev. for $$i$$sland).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Straight men taken in by much of vivid and showy speech (8)	### Answer: RHETORIC ### Explanation: Definition: showy speech [HET(short for heterosexual,straight in sexual preference) + OR(abbrev. for "other ranks",all men who do not hold a commissioned rank, in the military)] contained in(taken in by) RIC(most letters,much of "rich",vivid, eg. the colours of a painting).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Group in football somewhat trouble a guest (6)	### Answer: LEAGUE ### Explanation: Definition: Group in football Hidden in(somewhat) troubLE A GUEst. Down :
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Setter, perhaps, with set of steps left out producing conflict (8)	### Answer: DOGFIGHT ### Explanation: Definition: conflict DOG(an example of which,perhaps is a setter) plus(with) FIGHT{"flight"(set of steps,stairs) minus(out) "l"($$l$$eft)}.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Comparatively stupid baronet stuck in one river before another (7)	### Answer: OBTUSER ### Explanation: Definition: Comparatively stupid [BT(abbrev. for baronet) contained in(stuck in) OUSE(the river – more than one with the same name – in England,one river)] *placed before*(before) R{abbrev. for (another) river}.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Fail in game by inventor? Certainly (2,5,2)	### Answer: GO BELLY UP ### Explanation: Definition: Fail GO(Japanese board game of strategy) plus(by) BELL(Alexander Graham, inventor of the telephone) + YUP(certainly,surely, as expressed by Gary Cooper in his many cowboy roles)., Answer: To fail,reach end of its life, like dead fishes do literally.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Muck a horde sprayed around Dutch aristocrat's area (11)	### Answer: ARCHDUKEDOM ### Explanation: Definition: aristocrat's area Anagram of(sprayed) [MUCK A HORDE] containing(around) D(abbrev. for Dutch)
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Japanese art covered by broken doorway (5)	### Answer: KENDO ### Explanation: Definition: Japanese art Hidden in(covered by) broKEN DOorway. Answer: Modern Japanese martial art of fencing with bamboo staves, or sometimes, real swords. Literal translation is "way of the sword". Replace the bamboo staves with light sabres and what do you have?
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Food taken by Scottish footballers with wee dram (7)	### Answer: PARSNIP ### Explanation: Definition: Food PARS(nickname for the Scottish side, Dumfermline Athletic Football Club, to give it its full name) plus(with) NIP(a small drink of alcoholic liquor,wee dram as they say where the Pars come from). Nice surface of an unusual diet.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Member of Providence's electorate ignoring very unruly person in mob (6)	### Answer: RIOTER ### Explanation: Definition: unruly person in mob RI(abbrev. for Rhode Island,USA, whose capital is Providence) OTER{"voter"(member of electorate) minus(ignoring) "v"(abbrev. for very)}
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Musical detected in middle of aria? (3,4,3,1)	### Answer: THE KING AND I ### Explanation: Definition: Musical The middle letters to be found(detected) in "aria" are "r"($$R$$ex,Latin for THE KING) AND "I". My favourite clue.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Ready to admit a point in Catholic church I have condensed (9)	### Answer: ACCEPTIVE ### Explanation: Definition: Ready to admit A + {PT(abbrev. for "point") contained in(in) [C(abbrev. for Catholic) + CE($$C$$hurch of $$E$$ngland – shouldn't "church" be "Church" in the clue?) + I'VE(contraction of, "I have" condensed)]}
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Fussy waiter's round back of table in a kind of way (2,2,4)	### Answer: AS IT WERE ### Explanation: Definition: in a kind of way Anagram of(fussy) WAITER'S containing(round) E(last letter,back of "table").
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Learned prince not seen in country with awful diet (7)	### Answer: ERUDITE ### Explanation: Definition: Learned ERU{"Peru"(country) minus(not seen in) "p"(abbrev. for "prince")} plus(with) anagram of(awful) DIET.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Banter in border of park? (7)	### Answer: RAILING ### Explanation: Definition: Banter,border of park Double defn: 1st: I thought "banter" was too mild a defn. for "railing"(uttering bitter complaints or vehement denounciation), but the references also give "banter" as light-hearted raillery; and 2nd: That which defines the border,edge of a park area.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Interfere in Florida location by the sound of it (6)	### Answer: TAMPER ### Explanation: Definition: Interfere Homophone of(by the sound of it) "Tampa"(seaport in W.Florida).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: What regular sun worshipper might see in winter dance? (5)	### Answer: TANGO ### Explanation: Definition: dance Cryptic defn: A regular sun worshipper,sunbather might see his/her suntan fade,go in winter.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Money one lost to small, mischievous being – the compiler (6)	### Answer: MYSELF ### Explanation: Definition: the compiler MY{"money" minus(lost) "one"} plus(to) ELF(small, mischievous being). Answer: The compiler,writer,setter referring to himself.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Law court at end outwardly (7)	### Answer: DICTATE ### Explanation: Definition: Law DIE(to end) containing(outwardly) [CT(abbrev. for "court") + AT]. Answer: As a noun, something which is dictated,laid down as the law.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Bowling initially for a short time, puffs hard and quickly, perhaps (7)	### Answer: ADVERBS ### Explanation: Definition: hard and quickly, perhaps "Adverts"{puffs (as a noun),advertisements that unduly praise or exaggerate} with "b"(initial letter,initially of "bowling") replacing(for) "t"(abbrev.,short of "$$t$$ime"). Answer: Examples of which,perhaps are "hard" and "quickly". Trickiest clue, I found.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Won the deal – might be broke? (4-2-4)	### Answer: DOWN-AT-HEEL ### Explanation: Definition: broke Anagram of(might be) WON THE DEAL.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Phoned and spoke (4)	### Answer: RUNG ### Explanation: Definition: Phoned,spoke Double defn: 2nd: As in a spoke of a wheel.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Hot ingredient for foodstore in Indian city (5)	### Answer: DELHI ### Explanation: Definition: Indian city H(abbrev. for $$h$$ot) contained in(ingredient for) DELI(short for "delicatessen",foodstore}. Nice surface of curry powder being sold in Delhi.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Party line goes round in circles, to people's amusement (8)	### Answer: CAROUSEL ### Explanation: Definition: goes round in circles, to people's amusement CAROUSE(as a verb or noun – party, to say the least, more like a noisy or drunken feast} + L(abbrev. for $$l$$ine). Answer: A merry-go-round or roundabout in an amusement park or fair. Not to be confused with "carousal", which is another name for abovementioned party. What you gain on the swings, you lose on the roundabouts??
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Openings of songs can influence fans in this genre (3-2)	### Answer: SCI-FI ### Explanation: Definition: genre Initial letters,openings of $$S$$ongs $$C$$an $$I$$nfluence $$F$$ans $$I$$n.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Team playing scrabble win with "moo" (4,8,6)	### Answer: WEST BROMWICH ALBION ### Explanation: Definition: Team Anagram of(playing) SCRABBLE WIN WITH "MOO". An ingenious anagram. Answer: For those not familiar with English football, the team from West Bromwich, often refered to as WBA or the Baggies. Are we learning something about Phssthpok?
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Groom has wit and style (5,5)	### Answer: DRESS SENSE ### Explanation: Definition: style DRESS(to groom,tend carefully to one's appearance including dressing) plus(has) SENSE(intelligence,understanding,wit)
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Lay armour by post far away (3-4)	### Answer: AIR-MAIL ### Explanation: Definition: by post far away AIR(a tune,lay) + MAIL(chain armour of old). Answer: Descriptive of say, a letter in the post to be sent to a far away place using air transportation, hence an airmail letter. The references give it without the hyphen, which would have made it harder without the enumeration hint?
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: It is healthy to consume contents of Ovid before the majority of training (7)	### Answer: VITAMIN ### Explanation: Definition: It is healthy to consume VI(inner letters,contents of "Ovid") placed before(before) TAMIN(most of the letters,majority of "taming",the training of a wild animal).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: One pierces and flips fighter plane before barrier (6)	### Answer: GIMLET ### Explanation: Definition: One pierces Reversal of(flips) MIG(Russian fighter plane) placed before(before) LET(a barrier, as in the legal term "without let or hindrance"). Answer: A hand tool for drilling small holes.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Loudly demands massages (6)	### Answer: KNEADS ### Explanation: Definition: massages Homophone of(loudly) "needs",demands.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Is crossword an ancient game or a foreign friend? (5)	### Answer: AMIGO ### Explanation: Definition: foreign friend AM I?(as the clue is in the crossword, it can refer to itself in the first person pronoun, thus "is crossword….?","am I….?") + GO(an ancient Japanese board game of strategy). Answer: What a friend would be called in Spanish,foreign lands. Another tricky clue.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: In top half of missile, burn oxygen fuel (7)	### Answer: BUTANOL ### Explanation: Definition: fuel [TAN(to burn by being in the sun) + O(symbol for oxygen in chemistry)] contained in(in) BUL(first half,top half in a down clue, of "bullet",missile). Answer: Aka butyl alcohol. It may substitute for petrol in motorcars, and can be produced biologically.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Reveals misjudgments in trumps (9)	### Answer: OUTSTRIPS ### Explanation: Definition: trumps OUTS(reveals,brings out into public knowledge) + TRIPS(misjudgements,mishaps). Answer: Outdoes or surpasses.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Loftily call for peasant after heart transplant (5)	### Answer: YODEL ### Explanation: Definition: Loftily call "yokel",peasant with "k"(middle letter,heart) replaced by(after….transplant) "d". Answer: To call, or even sing, in the manner of those Swiss or Tyroleans living in the lofty Alps.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Feature to view on top of hill (7)	### Answer: EYEBROW ### Explanation: Definition: Feature EYE(view) plus(on, in a down clue) BROW(ridge,top of hill)
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Story about account I put together for mathematician (9)	### Answer: FIBONACCI ### Explanation: Definition: mathematician FIB(a lie,story) + ON(about, as in "on the subject of") + ACC(abbrev. for account) + I. Answer: Leonardo, Italian mathematician of the Middle Ages, after whom the Fibonacci numbers were named, although the sequence had been described earlier.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: In lab, heater brewed liquid concoction (6,3)	### Answer: HERBAL TEA ### Explanation: Definition: brewed liquid concoction Anagram of(in, or brewed doubling up) LAB HEATER.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Loud hiding place is beside a fen in grassland (9)	### Answer: DEAFENING ### Explanation: Definition: Loud Hidden in(hiding place is) besiDE A FEN IN Grassland. Very well hidden.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Thing for sitting on board starts first (9)	### Answer: OBSESSION ### Explanation: Definition: Thing for OB(initial letters,starts of "on" and "board") placed above(first) SESSION(a sitting of eg. a committee or parliament). Answer: A fixation, as in "he has a thing for …". Well misdirected.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: I'm up to top of my potential? (7)	### Answer: OPTIMUM ### Explanation: Definition: top of my potential Anagram of(potential?) [I'M UP TO] + M(initial letter of,top of, in a down clue "my"). Answer: The best,top that could be achieved,potential. A WIWD (wordplay intertwined with definition) clue.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: President to forbid a Japanese arrangement (7)	### Answer: IKEBANA ### Explanation: Definition: Japanese arrangement IKE(nickname for Dwight Eisenhower, former USA president) + BAN(to forbid) + A. Answer: The Japanese art of floral arrangement. Literal meaning is "living flowers".
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Energy tax demand for chauffeur (5)	### Answer: DRIVE ### Explanation: Definition: Energy,tax,demand for chauffeur Triple defn: 1st: The energy a person has to push for things; and 2nd: As in "he drives his workers to the point of collapse" – I'm not totally sure about this one; and 3: An order,demand to a chaueffeur.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: From coasts, see child aboard ship (5)	### Answer: SKIDS ### Explanation: Definition: coasts KID(child) contained in(aboard) SS($$s$$team$$s$$hip). Defn: and Answer: To continue to move with little or no effort. Although, when driving a vehicle, skidding is very different from coasting, the former without and the latter with wheel rotation in the direction of the movement.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Huge prophet passes slowly through a barrier (7)	### Answer: OSMOSES ### Explanation: Definition: passes slowly through a barrier OS(abbrev. for outsize,huge) + MOSES(the prophet of the burning bush fame). Answer: Verb for osmosis, the tendency for a fluid to pass slowly through a membrane,barrier.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Increase of status within university publisher (5,2)	### Answer: CRANK UP ### Explanation: Definition: Increase RANK(status,where one stands relative to others) contained in(within) C.U.P.(Abbrev. for Cambridge University Press,publisher, not so successful as O.U.P.).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Give up supporting game (5)	### Answer: FORGO ### Explanation: Definition: Give up FOR(in favour of,supporting) GO(old Japanese board game of strategy – this has now appeared 3 – maybe more? – times in the past 7 days)
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Where to obtain luxury fabrics free (2,7)	### Answer: AT LIBERTY ### Explanation: Definition: free Cryptic defn: Liberty is the long-established fashionable department store in Regent Street, London, just the place to obtain luxury fabrics, but far from free definitely. Nice ironic surface.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: but they can't fly in this bit of the farmyard! (7,3)	### Answer: CHICKEN RUN ### Explanation: Definition: this bit of the farmyard Cryptic defn: Filling in the blanks, "Chicken run but they can't fly". Nice idea, slightly spoiled by the incompatibility between "chicken" and "they" – I tried without success to find a reference giving "chicken" as a plural noun.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: "We don't want you here!" (That sounds like Oxford, maybe) (4)	### Answer: SHOO ### Explanation: Definition: "We don't want you here!" Homophone of(sounds like) "shoe", a type of which,maybe is the Oxford. Answer: The imperative, "Go away!"
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: A tinted menu — somehow it's amusing and instructive (11)	### Answer: EDUTAINMENT ### Explanation: Definition: it's amusing and instructive Anagram of(somehow) A TINTED MENU. Answer: A portmanteau word for educational entertainment, synonymous with "infotainment".
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: One has conjured a vision Adam and Eve with hair unkempt (1,4,1,5)	### Answer: I HAVE A DREAM ### Explanation: Definition: One has conjured a vision Anagram of(unkempt) ADAM EVE HAIR.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: River of Eden towards the end (4)	### Answer: AVON ### Explanation: Definition: River Not a reference to the Garden, as one would expect from this setter (that comes later), but to Anthony Eden, former British PM who was made 1st Earl of Avon in the latter part,towards the end of his life – I'm not sure whether I've missed another significance in the last 3 words of the clue. Answer: Name of many rivers in England (not to mention in other countries), most famous of which is Shakespeare's.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: A peck, maybe, is what you get with dull old dance (3,7)	### Answer: DRY MEASURE ### Explanation: Definition: A peck, maybe DRY(dull,uninteresting) + MEASURE(an old term for a dance, especially a slow one). Answer: An example of,maybe a unit of volume of dry stuff is the peck. 8 quarts make a peck, 4 pecks make a bushel, etc in the Imperial system. In my FT blog 2 days, I was lamenting the diabolical numbers in the system – and to make it worse, a quart of liquid measure is different from a quart of dry measure! Nice surface – you won't get beyond first base with her, dancing the minuet.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: One girl about to be grabbed by unwanted person expects the worst (9)	### Answer: PESSIMIST ### Explanation: Definition: expects the worst Reversal of(about) [I(Roman numeral for "one") + MISS(an unmarried girl)]contained in(grabbed by) PEST(someone you don't want around). Answer: (One who) expects the worst – "person" could be doubling up.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: The man in pub rejected treatment for alcoholics? (5)	### Answer: REHAB ### Explanation: Definition: treatment for alcoholics Reversal of(rejected) [HE(the man) contained in(in) BAR(pub)] Answer: Short for rehabilitation, of which there are many kinds, one of which is for alcoholics.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Poem in English — suggestion there's nothing good in it (7)	### Answer: ECLOGUE ### Explanation: Definition: Poem E($$E$$nglish) + [CLUE(a suggestion,hint) containing(there's….in it) {O(looks like zero,nothing) + G($$g$$ood)}]. Answer: A pastoral poem.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: A Red felt almost out of place in the Union? (7)	### Answer: FEDERAL ### Explanation: Definition: in the Union Anagram of(out of place) [A + RED + FEL("felt" minus its end,almost)]. Answer: Descriptive of a "federation". a type of political (eg. the USA) or organizational (eg. the ITF) union.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Not liking formality in the workplace (6)	### Answer: OFFICE ### Explanation: Definition: workplace OFF(not liking, as in "I've gone off TV") + ICE(formality,coolness in social interaction).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Bird trying to keep a low profile when interrupted by the man of 18 (6,6,4)	### Answer: MARTIN LUTHER KING ### Explanation: Definition: man of 18 MARTIN(any of several swallows,birds) + [LURKING(trying to keep a low profile, and even hiding) containing(when interrupted by) THE]. Answer: Junior, US civil rights activist and Nobel Laureate, whose famous speech included the answer to 18 across.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Irish operator is such a person in trade (10)	### Answer: SHOPKEEPER ### Explanation: Definition: a person in trade Cryptic defn: The phrase "Irish operator" contains,keeps "shop", and hence the phrase is such – a "shopkeeper". Another clever device.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Country ending with debts and distress (5)	### Answer: SPAIN ### Explanation: Definition: Country S(last letter,ending of "debts") plus(and) PAIN(distress).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Reckon copper in visit gets scoffed (9)	### Answer: CALCULATE ### Explanation: Definition: Reckon [CU(symbol for the element copper in chemistry) *contained in(in) CALL(visit,pay a call on)] plus*(gets) ATE(scoffed food).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Father of four confessing 18 (4)	### Answer: ABBA ### Explanation: Definition: Father,four confessing 18 Double defn: 1st: Aramaic word for father; and 2nd: Four confessing the answer to 18 across .
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Child that is clothed in cut cloth (8)	### Answer: KERCHIEF ### Explanation: Definition: cloth [CH(abbrev. for child) + I.E.(abbrev. for that is,in other words,from Latin id est)] *contained in*(clothed in) KERF(a cut made by a saw in a piece of wood, or, in a mine, under a seam of mineral or coal – a new word for me)
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Port making one move the facial muscles? (8)	### Answer: PLYMOUTH ### Explanation: Definition: Port In order to PLY(work,use) one's MOUTH, one has to move one's facial muscles.
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Maybe Bristol politician getting exposed is not suffering any damage (10)	### Answer: UNIMPAIRED ### Explanation: Definition: is not suffering any damage UNI(short for university, an example of which,maybe is the Bristol U) + MP(politician,Member of Parliament) plus(getting) AIRED(literally, exposed to air, or figuratively, bring out into the open).
You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.	### Clue: Wreck a French winter coat crossing Germany (9)	### Answer: UNDERMINE ### Explanation: Definition: Wreck UN(French for "a") + [ERMINE(the white winter fur,coat of various weasels) *containing*(crossing) D(International Vehicle Registration for Germany)]

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### Clue: Nicholson embraces the right to cheer up (8)

### Answer: BRIGHTEN ### Explanation: Definition: to cheer up BEN(Nicholson, British abstract painter) **containing**(embraces) RIGHT.

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### Clue: Trouble riding mount (5)

### Answer: UPSET ### Explanation: Definition: Trouble UP(riding,up on a horse) + SET(to fix,mount eg. a gem in a ring, or a picture in a frame).

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### Clue: Henry has time for divinity (4)

### Answer: HERA ### Explanation: Definition: divinity H(abbrev. for Henry) **plus**(has) ERA(a long period of time). Answer: Ancient Greek goddess,divinity,a divine being, wife and sister of Zeus – who's to stop him from doing what he likes?

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### Clue: Former pupil's able to read, write and rub out (10)

### Answer: OBLITERATE ### Explanation: Definition: rub out OB(abbrev. for $$o$$ld $$b$$oy,former pupil) + LITERATE(able to read,write). Answer: To erase,rub out.

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### Clue: Tourist sees peak when touring Italy (7)

### Answer: VISITOR ### Explanation: Definition: Tourist VISOR(the projecting front piece,peak of a cap to shade your eyes) **containing**(when touring) IT(the ISO code, and the Internet domain code, for Italy)

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### Clue: Question an Anglican with suspicion (7)

### Answer: ASKANCE ### Explanation: Definition: with suspicion ASK(question) + AN + CE(abbrev. for $$C$$hurch of $$E$$ngland,Anglican).

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### Clue: Utter nonsense about king in tower (6)

### Answer: TURRET ### Explanation: Definition: tower **Anagram of**(nonsense) UTTER **containing**(about) R(abbrev. for Latin $$R$$ex,king)

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### Clue: Resolved to be under canvas (6)

### Answer: INTENT ### Explanation: Definition: Resolved IN (a) TENT(to be under canvas,tent material). Answer: Being determined,resolved.

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### Clue: Father's new hooter (5)

### Answer: SIREN ### Explanation: Definition: hooter SIRE(father) + N($$n$$ew).

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### Clue: Notice director is overseeing nuclear researchers (7)

### Answer: DISCERN ### Explanation: Definition: Notice D(abbrev. for director) + IS **placed above**(overseeing, in a down clue) CERN(originally $$C$$onseil $$E$$uropéen pour la $$R$$echerche $$N$$ucléaire – French for European Council for Nuclear Research, but now Organisation Européenne pour la Recherche Nucléaire – European Organization for Nuclear Research, but retaining the old acronym. Those scientists who accelerate atomic particles to smash into one another to discover even smaller particles, amongst other things.)

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### Clue: Sober and satisfied when outside batting (9)

### Answer: CONTINENT ### Explanation: Definition: Sober CONTENT(satisfied) **containing**(when outside) IN(in cricket, descriptive of the team that is batting). Answer: Exercising control and moderation in one's desires, especially with alcohol and sex, which presumably means that you're sober … and vice versa.

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### Clue: Big cat's sudden swoop lacks power (5)

### Answer: OUNCE ### Explanation: Definition: Big cat "pounce"(sudden swoop,surprise attack) **minus**(lacks) "p"(abbrev. for power, in physics). Answer: The snow leopard,a big cat.

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### Clue: Bound to put small amount in hat (7)

### Answer: LIMITED ### Explanation: Definition: Bound MITE(a small amount of money) **contained in**(put…in) LID(slang for a hat).

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### Clue: I meet Stan dancing in the bistro (9)

### Answer: ESTAMINET ### Explanation: Definition: bistro **Anagram of**(dancing) I MEET STAN.

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### Clue: Reasons for putting drink under control (9)

### Answer: RATIONALE ### Explanation: Definition: Reasons [RATION ALE](regulating,putting under control, the giving out of beer,drink).

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### Clue: Thief damaged clarinets (9)

### Answer: LARCENIST ### Explanation: Definition: Thief **Anagram of**(damaged) CLARINETS. Answer: One who commits thievery.

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### Clue: No curates should get mixed up with her (9)

### Answer: COURTESAN ### Explanation: Definition: her **Anagram of**(should get mixed up) NO CURATES. Answer: From Italian, literally, a woman of the court, but meaning a prostitute or mistress of a nobleman or a wealthy man. Certainly not suitable company for men of the cloth, including curates. A nice WIWD (wordplay intertwined with defninition) clue – my COD.

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### Clue: Worker finds group leader more idle (7)

### Answer: GLAZIER ### Explanation: Definition: Worker G(initial letter,leader of "group") + LAZIER(more idle). Answer: A worker who firs the glass panes in windows.

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### Clue: Breakers' expert is superficial (7)

### Answer: SURFACE ### Explanation: Definition: superficial SURF(waves that break on the shore) + ACE(expert). Answer: As in "a surface reading of the clue does not give sufficient information."

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### Clue: Australia's a gas! (5)

### Answer: OZONE ### Explanation: Definition: gas OZ(what Australians call their country) + ONE(a).

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### Clue: Diplomacy surrounding Indian leader is understood (5)

### Answer: TACIT ### Explanation: Definition: understood TACT(diplomacy) **containing**(surrounding) I(initial letter,leader of "Indian")

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### Clue: No-hoper in party admitting violation? Not initially (6)

### Answer: DRONGO ### Explanation: Definition: No-hoper DO(a party,function,bash) **containing**(admitting) RONG{"wrong"(violation,offence) **minus** its first letter(not initially)}. Answer: From slang-rich Oz, a slow-witted person,no-hoper, apparently derived from the name of an unsuccessful racehorse in the 1920s, which in turn could have been named after the bird.

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### Clue: Plant is shortly an enticement to tour parks when cultivated (8)

### Answer: LARKSPUR ### Explanation: Definition: Plant LUR{"lure"(an enticement,bait) **minus** its last letter(shortly)} **containing**(to tour) **anagram of**(when cultivated) PARKS.

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### Clue: Secures extra, we hear, and makes do (4,2)

### Answer: GETS BY ### Explanation: Definition: makes do **Homophone of**(we hear) "gets bye"(secures,obtains, in cricket an extra run without the batsman hitting the ball). Answer: As in "he gets by on a pittance".

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### Clue: Projected plan in races arranged with nothing to follow (8)

### Answer: SCENARIO ### Explanation: Definition: Projected plan **Anagram of**(arranged) IN RACES **plus**(with…to follow) O(looks like zero,nothing)

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### Clue: Like one getting abuse around amateur – and cut off from elsewhere? (9)

### Answer: INSULATED ### Explanation: Definition: cut off from elsewhere INSULTED(descriptive of,like one getting abuse) **containing**(around) A(abbrev. for $$a$$mateur).

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### Clue: Regular features in column disheartened colleague having little weight (5)

### Answer: OUNCE ### Explanation: Definition: little weight OUN{second, fourth and sixth letters(regular features) in "column"} + CE{"colleague" **minus** its inner letters(disheartened,heart extracted)}. Answer: You might be too young to have had to learn in school "16 ozs make a lb weight, 14 lbs make a stone, 112 lbs make a cwt, and 20 cwts make a ton" pre-metrication. As I memorised them, I often wondered, "Where did those diaboloical numbers come from?"

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### Clue: Manager to plunder a Liverpool player before game, reportedly (5,8)

### Answer: HARRY REDKNAPP ### Explanation: Definition: Manager HARRY(to ravage,plunder, as in war) RED(a player of the Liverpool Football Club, nicknamed the Reds) **placed before**(before) KNAPP{**homophone of**(reportedly) "nap"(short for "napoleon",a card game similar to whist, apparently not named after the 1 with his hand under his vest in his portraits, but his nephew, the III. The references I've seen don't tell how he got to have a card game named after him.)}.

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### Clue: Disrespect pro overturned in loyalty to organisation (6,2,5)

### Answer: ESPRIT DE CORPS ### Explanation: Definition: loyalty to organisation **Anagram of**(overturned) DISRESPECT PRO. Answer: Camaraderie, literally French for group spirit.

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### Clue: Notice in the last month one no longer in minority (5)

### Answer: ADULT ### Explanation: Definition: one no longer in minority AD(short for advertisement,a notice) + ULT(abbrev. for ultimo,in the month preceding the current one,in the last month). Answer: One who has grown and is no longer a minor.

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### Clue: Courageous fielder in decisive part of match? (4,5)

### Answer: GAME POINT ### Explanation: Definition: decisive part of match GAME(having a fighting spirit,courageous) + POINT(in cricket, the position, or the fielder who takes the position, a short distance in front of and to the offside of the batsmen – I will assume that you know the other cricketing terms in that definition). Answer: The part in a eg. squash, tennis or badminton match where one further point would enable one of the players or sides to win the game.

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### Clue: Moving painting recreated with love for impressionism foremost (8)

### Answer: POIGNANT ### Explanation: Definition: Moving **Anagram of**(recreated) of PAONTING{"painting" where "o"(looks like zero,love in tennis scores) is **replaced by**(with….for) "i"{initial letter(foremost) of "impressionism"}. Answer: Moving,touching emotionally. A nice WIWD (wordplay intertwined with definition) clue.

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### Clue: Figure of speech producing amused response around island (6)

### Answer: SIMILE ### Explanation: Definition: Figure of speech SMILE(an amused response) **containing**(around) I(abbrev. for $$i$$sland).

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### Clue: Straight men taken in by much of vivid and showy speech (8)

### Answer: RHETORIC ### Explanation: Definition: showy speech [HET(short for heterosexual,straight in sexual preference) + OR(abbrev. for "other ranks",all men who do not hold a commissioned rank, in the military)] **contained in**(taken in by) RIC(most letters,much of "rich",vivid, eg. the colours of a painting).

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### Clue: Group in football somewhat trouble a guest (6)

### Answer: LEAGUE ### Explanation: Definition: Group in football **Hidden in**(somewhat) troubLE A GUEst. **Down** :

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### Clue: Setter, perhaps, with set of steps left out producing conflict (8)

### Answer: DOGFIGHT ### Explanation: Definition: conflict DOG(an example of which,perhaps is a setter) **plus**(with) FIGHT{"flight"(set of steps,stairs) **minus**(out) "l"($$l$$eft)}.

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### Clue: Comparatively stupid baronet stuck in one river before another (7)

### Answer: OBTUSER ### Explanation: Definition: Comparatively stupid [BT(abbrev. for baronet) **contained in**(stuck in) OUSE(the river – more than one with the same name – in England,one river)] ***placed before***(before) R{abbrev. for (another) river}.

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### Clue: Fail in game by inventor? Certainly (2,5,2)

### Answer: GO BELLY UP ### Explanation: Definition: Fail GO(Japanese board game of strategy) **plus**(by) BELL(Alexander Graham, inventor of the telephone) + YUP(certainly,surely, as expressed by Gary Cooper in his many cowboy roles)., Answer: To fail,reach end of its life, like dead fishes do literally.

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### Clue: Muck a horde sprayed around Dutch aristocrat's area (11)

### Answer: ARCHDUKEDOM ### Explanation: Definition: aristocrat's area **Anagram of**(sprayed) [MUCK A HORDE] **containing**(around) D(abbrev. for Dutch)

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### Clue: Japanese art covered by broken doorway (5)

### Answer: KENDO ### Explanation: Definition: Japanese art **Hidden in**(covered by) broKEN DOorway. Answer: Modern Japanese martial art of fencing with bamboo staves, or sometimes, real swords. Literal translation is "way of the sword". Replace the bamboo staves with light sabres and what do you have?

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### Clue: Food taken by Scottish footballers with wee dram (7)

### Answer: PARSNIP ### Explanation: Definition: Food PARS(nickname for the Scottish side, Dumfermline Athletic Football Club, to give it its full name) **plus**(with) NIP(a small drink of alcoholic liquor,wee dram as they say where the Pars come from). Nice surface of an unusual diet.

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### Clue: Member of Providence's electorate ignoring very unruly person in mob (6)

### Answer: RIOTER ### Explanation: Definition: unruly person in mob RI(abbrev. for Rhode Island,USA, whose capital is Providence) OTER{"voter"(member of electorate) **minus**(ignoring) "v"(abbrev. for very)}

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### Clue: Musical detected in middle of aria? (3,4,3,1)

### Answer: THE KING AND I ### Explanation: Definition: Musical The middle letters to be found(detected) in "aria" are "r"($$R$$ex,Latin for THE KING) AND "I". My favourite clue.

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### Clue: Ready to admit a point in Catholic church I have condensed (9)

### Answer: ACCEPTIVE ### Explanation: Definition: Ready to admit A + {PT(abbrev. for "point") **contained in**(in) [C(abbrev. for Catholic) + CE($$C$$hurch of $$E$$ngland – shouldn't "church" be "Church" in the clue?) + I'VE(contraction of, "I have" condensed)]}

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### Clue: Fussy waiter's round back of table in a kind of way (2,2,4)

### Answer: AS IT WERE ### Explanation: Definition: in a kind of way **Anagram of**(fussy) WAITER'S **containing**(round) E(last letter,back of "table").

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### Clue: Learned prince not seen in country with awful diet (7)

### Answer: ERUDITE ### Explanation: Definition: Learned ERU{"Peru"(country) **minus**(not seen in) "p"(abbrev. for "prince")} **plus**(with) **anagram of**(awful) DIET.

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### Clue: Banter in border of park? (7)

### Answer: RAILING ### Explanation: Definition: Banter,border of park Double defn: 1st: I thought "banter" was too mild a defn. for "railing"(uttering bitter complaints or vehement denounciation), but the references also give "banter" as light-hearted raillery; and 2nd: That which defines the border,edge of a park area.

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### Clue: Interfere in Florida location by the sound of it (6)

### Answer: TAMPER ### Explanation: Definition: Interfere **Homophone of**(by the sound of it) "Tampa"(seaport in W.Florida).

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### Clue: What regular sun worshipper might see in winter dance? (5)

### Answer: TANGO ### Explanation: Definition: dance Cryptic defn: A regular sun worshipper,sunbather might see his/her suntan fade,go in winter.

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### Clue: Money one lost to small, mischievous being – the compiler (6)

### Answer: MYSELF ### Explanation: Definition: the compiler MY{"money" **minus**(lost) "one"} **plus**(to) ELF(small, mischievous being). Answer: The compiler,writer,setter referring to himself.

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### Clue: Law court at end outwardly (7)

### Answer: DICTATE ### Explanation: Definition: Law DIE(to end) **containing**(outwardly) [CT(abbrev. for "court") + AT]. Answer: As a noun, something which is dictated,laid down as the law.

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### Clue: Bowling initially for a short time, puffs hard and quickly, perhaps (7)

### Answer: ADVERBS ### Explanation: Definition: hard and quickly, perhaps "Adverts"{puffs (as a noun),advertisements that unduly praise or exaggerate} with "b"(initial letter,initially of "bowling") replacing(for) "t"(abbrev.,short of "$$t$$ime"). Answer: Examples of which,perhaps are "hard" and "quickly". Trickiest clue, I found.

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### Clue: Won the deal – might be broke? (4-2-4)

### Answer: DOWN-AT-HEEL ### Explanation: Definition: broke **Anagram of**(might be) WON THE DEAL.

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### Clue: Phoned and spoke (4)

### Answer: RUNG ### Explanation: Definition: Phoned,spoke Double defn: 2nd: As in a spoke of a wheel.

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### Clue: Hot ingredient for foodstore in Indian city (5)

### Answer: DELHI ### Explanation: Definition: Indian city H(abbrev. for $$h$$ot) **contained in**(ingredient for) DELI(short for "delicatessen",foodstore}. Nice surface of curry powder being sold in Delhi.

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### Clue: Party line goes round in circles, to people's amusement (8)

### Answer: CAROUSEL ### Explanation: Definition: goes round in circles, to people's amusement CAROUSE(as a verb or noun – party, to say the least, more like a noisy or drunken feast} + L(abbrev. for $$l$$ine). Answer: A merry-go-round or roundabout in an amusement park or fair. Not to be confused with "carousal", which is another name for abovementioned party. What you gain on the swings, you lose on the roundabouts??

You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.

### Clue: Openings of songs can influence fans in this genre (3-2)

### Answer: SCI-FI ### Explanation: Definition: genre Initial letters,openings of $$S$$ongs $$C$$an $$I$$nfluence $$F$$ans $$I$$n.

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### Clue: Team playing scrabble win with "moo" (4,8,6)

### Answer: WEST BROMWICH ALBION ### Explanation: Definition: Team **Anagram of**(playing) SCRABBLE WIN WITH "MOO". An ingenious anagram. Answer: For those not familiar with English football, the team from West Bromwich, often refered to as WBA or the Baggies. Are we learning something about Phssthpok?

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### Clue: Groom has wit and style (5,5)

### Answer: DRESS SENSE ### Explanation: Definition: style DRESS(to groom,tend carefully to one's appearance including dressing) **plus**(has) SENSE(intelligence,understanding,wit)

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### Clue: Lay armour by post far away (3-4)

### Answer: AIR-MAIL ### Explanation: Definition: by post far away AIR(a tune,lay) + MAIL(chain armour of old). Answer: Descriptive of say, a letter in the post to be sent to a far away place using air transportation, hence an airmail letter. The references give it without the hyphen, which would have made it harder without the enumeration hint?

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### Clue: It is healthy to consume contents of Ovid before the majority of training (7)

### Answer: VITAMIN ### Explanation: Definition: It is healthy to consume VI(inner letters,contents of "Ovid") **placed before**(before) TAMIN(most of the letters,majority of "taming",the training of a wild animal).

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### Clue: One pierces and flips fighter plane before barrier (6)

### Answer: GIMLET ### Explanation: Definition: One pierces **Reversal of**(flips) MIG(Russian fighter plane) **placed before**(before) LET(a barrier, as in the legal term "without let or hindrance"). Answer: A hand tool for drilling small holes.

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### Clue: Loudly demands massages (6)

### Answer: KNEADS ### Explanation: Definition: massages **Homophone of**(loudly) "needs",demands.

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### Clue: Is crossword an ancient game or a foreign friend? (5)

### Answer: AMIGO ### Explanation: Definition: foreign friend AM I?(as the clue is in the crossword, it can refer to itself in the first person pronoun, thus "is crossword….?","am I….?") + GO(an ancient Japanese board game of strategy). Answer: What a friend would be called in Spanish,foreign lands. Another tricky clue.

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### Clue: In top half of missile, burn oxygen fuel (7)

### Answer: BUTANOL ### Explanation: Definition: fuel [TAN(to burn by being in the sun) + O(symbol for oxygen in chemistry)] **contained in**(in) BUL(first half,top half in a down clue, of "bullet",missile). Answer: Aka butyl alcohol. It may substitute for petrol in motorcars, and can be produced biologically.

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### Clue: Reveals misjudgments in trumps (9)

### Answer: OUTSTRIPS ### Explanation: Definition: trumps OUTS(reveals,brings out into public knowledge) + TRIPS(misjudgements,mishaps). Answer: Outdoes or surpasses.

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### Clue: Loftily call for peasant after heart transplant (5)

### Answer: YODEL ### Explanation: Definition: Loftily call "yokel",peasant with "k"(middle letter,heart) **replaced by**(after….transplant) "d". Answer: To call, or even sing, in the manner of those Swiss or Tyroleans living in the lofty Alps.

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### Clue: Feature to view on top of hill (7)

### Answer: EYEBROW ### Explanation: Definition: Feature EYE(view) **plus**(on, in a down clue) BROW(ridge,top of hill)

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### Clue: Story about account I put together for mathematician (9)

### Answer: FIBONACCI ### Explanation: Definition: mathematician FIB(a lie,story) + ON(about, as in "on the subject of") + ACC(abbrev. for account) + I. Answer: Leonardo, Italian mathematician of the Middle Ages, after whom the Fibonacci numbers were named, although the sequence had been described earlier.

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### Clue: In lab, heater brewed liquid concoction (6,3)

### Answer: HERBAL TEA ### Explanation: Definition: brewed liquid concoction **Anagram of**(in, or brewed doubling up) LAB HEATER.

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### Clue: Loud hiding place is beside a fen in grassland (9)

### Answer: DEAFENING ### Explanation: Definition: Loud **Hidden in**(hiding place is) besiDE A FEN IN Grassland. Very well hidden.

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### Clue: Thing for sitting on board starts first (9)

### Answer: OBSESSION ### Explanation: Definition: Thing for OB(initial letters,starts of "on" and "board") **placed above**(first) SESSION(a sitting of eg. a committee or parliament). Answer: A fixation, as in "he has a thing for …". Well misdirected.

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### Clue: I'm up to top of my potential? (7)

### Answer: OPTIMUM ### Explanation: Definition: top of my potential **Anagram of**(potential?) [I'M UP TO] + M(initial letter of,top of, in a down clue "my"). Answer: The best,top that could be achieved,potential. A WIWD (wordplay intertwined with definition) clue.

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### Clue: President to forbid a Japanese arrangement (7)

### Answer: IKEBANA ### Explanation: Definition: Japanese arrangement IKE(nickname for Dwight Eisenhower, former USA president) + BAN(to forbid) + A. Answer: The Japanese art of floral arrangement. Literal meaning is "living flowers".

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### Clue: Energy tax demand for chauffeur (5)

### Answer: DRIVE ### Explanation: Definition: Energy,tax,demand for chauffeur Triple defn: 1st: The energy a person has to push for things; and 2nd: As in "he drives his workers to the point of collapse" – I'm not totally sure about this one; and 3: An order,demand to a chaueffeur.

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### Clue: From coasts, see child aboard ship (5)

### Answer: SKIDS ### Explanation: Definition: coasts KID(child) **contained in**(aboard) SS($$s$$team$$s$$hip). Defn: and Answer: To continue to move with little or no effort. Although, when driving a vehicle, skidding is very different from coasting, the former without and the latter with wheel rotation in the direction of the movement.

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### Clue: Huge prophet passes slowly through a barrier (7)

### Answer: OSMOSES ### Explanation: Definition: passes slowly through a barrier OS(abbrev. for outsize,huge) + MOSES(the prophet of the burning bush fame). Answer: Verb for osmosis, the tendency for a fluid to pass slowly through a membrane,barrier.

You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.

### Clue: Increase of status within university publisher (5,2)

### Answer: CRANK UP ### Explanation: Definition: Increase RANK(status,where one stands relative to others) **contained in**(within) C.U.P.(Abbrev. for Cambridge University Press,publisher, not so successful as O.U.P.).

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### Clue: Give up supporting game (5)

### Answer: FORGO ### Explanation: Definition: Give up FOR(in favour of,supporting) GO(old Japanese board game of strategy – this has now appeared 3 – maybe more? – times in the past 7 days)

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### Clue: Where to obtain luxury fabrics free (2,7)

### Answer: AT LIBERTY ### Explanation: Definition: free Cryptic defn: Liberty is the long-established fashionable department store in Regent Street, London, just the place to obtain luxury fabrics, but far from free definitely. Nice ironic surface.

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### Clue: but they can't fly in this bit of the farmyard! (7,3)

### Answer: CHICKEN RUN ### Explanation: Definition: this bit of the farmyard Cryptic defn: Filling in the blanks, "Chicken run but they can't fly". Nice idea, slightly spoiled by the incompatibility between "chicken" and "they" – I tried without success to find a reference giving "chicken" as a plural noun.

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### Clue: "We don't want you here!" (That sounds like Oxford, maybe) (4)

### Answer: SHOO ### Explanation: Definition: "We don't want you here!" **Homophone of**(sounds like) "shoe", a type of which,maybe is the Oxford. Answer: The imperative, "Go away!"

You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.

### Clue: A tinted menu — somehow it's amusing and instructive (11)

### Answer: EDUTAINMENT ### Explanation: Definition: it's amusing and instructive **Anagram of**(somehow) A TINTED MENU. Answer: A portmanteau word for educational entertainment, synonymous with "infotainment".

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### Clue: One has conjured a vision Adam and Eve with hair unkempt (1,4,1,5)

### Answer: I HAVE A DREAM ### Explanation: Definition: One has conjured a vision **Anagram of**(unkempt) ADAM EVE HAIR.

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### Clue: River of Eden towards the end (4)

### Answer: AVON ### Explanation: Definition: River Not a reference to the Garden, as one would expect from this setter (that comes later), but to Anthony Eden, former British PM who was made 1st Earl of Avon in the latter part,towards the end of his life – I'm not sure whether I've missed another significance in the last 3 words of the clue. Answer: Name of many rivers in England (not to mention in other countries), most famous of which is Shakespeare's.

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### Clue: A peck, maybe, is what you get with dull old dance (3,7)

### Answer: DRY MEASURE ### Explanation: Definition: A peck, maybe DRY(dull,uninteresting) + MEASURE(an old term for a dance, especially a slow one). Answer: An example of,maybe a unit of volume of dry stuff is the peck. 8 quarts make a peck, 4 pecks make a bushel, etc in the Imperial system. In my FT blog 2 days, I was lamenting the diabolical numbers in the system – and to make it worse, a quart of liquid measure is different from a quart of dry measure! Nice surface – you won't get beyond first base with her, dancing the minuet.

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### Clue: One girl about to be grabbed by unwanted person expects the worst (9)

### Answer: PESSIMIST ### Explanation: Definition: expects the worst **Reversal of**(about) [I(Roman numeral for "one") + MISS(an unmarried girl)]**contained in**(grabbed by) PEST(someone you don't want around). Answer: (One who) expects the worst – "person" could be doubling up.

You are an expert level solver of cryptic crosswords. You are presented with a clue as input. Respond with the answer and explanation.

### Clue: The man in pub rejected treatment for alcoholics? (5)

### Answer: REHAB ### Explanation: Definition: treatment for alcoholics **Reversal of**(rejected) [HE(the man) **contained in**(in) BAR(pub)] Answer: Short for rehabilitation, of which there are many kinds, one of which is for alcoholics.

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### Clue: Poem in English — suggestion there's nothing good in it (7)

### Answer: ECLOGUE ### Explanation: Definition: Poem E($$E$$nglish) + [CLUE(a suggestion,hint) **containing**(there's….in it) {O(looks like zero,nothing) + G($$g$$ood)}]. Answer: A pastoral poem.

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### Clue: A Red felt almost out of place in the Union? (7)

### Answer: FEDERAL ### Explanation: Definition: in the Union **Anagram of**(out of place) [A + RED + FEL("felt" **minus** its end,almost)]. Answer: Descriptive of a "federation". a type of political (eg. the USA) or organizational (eg. the ITF) union.

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### Clue: Not liking formality in the workplace (6)

### Answer: OFFICE ### Explanation: Definition: workplace OFF(not liking, as in "I've gone off TV") + ICE(formality,coolness in social interaction).

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### Clue: Bird trying to keep a low profile when interrupted by the man of 18 (6,6,4)

### Answer: MARTIN LUTHER KING ### Explanation: Definition: man of 18 MARTIN(any of several swallows,birds) + [LURKING(trying to keep a low profile, and even hiding) **containing**(when interrupted by) THE]. Answer: Junior, US civil rights activist and Nobel Laureate, whose famous speech included the answer to 18 across.

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### Clue: Irish operator is such a person in trade (10)

### Answer: SHOPKEEPER ### Explanation: Definition: a person in trade Cryptic defn: The phrase "Irish operator" contains,keeps "shop", and hence the phrase is such – a "shopkeeper". Another clever device.

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### Clue: Country ending with debts and distress (5)

### Answer: SPAIN ### Explanation: Definition: Country S(last letter,ending of "debts") **plus**(and) PAIN(distress).

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### Clue: Reckon copper in visit gets scoffed (9)

### Answer: CALCULATE ### Explanation: Definition: Reckon [CU(symbol for the element copper in chemistry) ***contained in***(in) CALL(visit,pay a call on)] **plus**(gets) ATE(scoffed food).

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### Clue: Father of four confessing 18 (4)

### Answer: ABBA ### Explanation: Definition: Father,four confessing 18 Double defn: 1st: Aramaic word for father; and 2nd: Four confessing the answer to 18 across .

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### Clue: Child that is clothed in cut cloth (8)

### Answer: KERCHIEF ### Explanation: Definition: cloth [CH(abbrev. for child) + I.E.(abbrev. for that is,in other words,from Latin id est)] ***contained in***(clothed in) KERF(a cut made by a saw in a piece of wood, or, in a mine, under a seam of mineral or coal – a new word for me)

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### Clue: Port making one move the facial muscles? (8)

### Answer: PLYMOUTH ### Explanation: Definition: Port In order to PLY(work,use) one's MOUTH, one has to move one's facial muscles.

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### Clue: Maybe Bristol politician getting exposed is not suffering any damage (10)

### Answer: UNIMPAIRED ### Explanation: Definition: is not suffering any damage UNI(short for university, an example of which,maybe is the Bristol U) + MP(politician,Member of Parliament) **plus**(getting) AIRED(literally, exposed to air, or figuratively, bring out into the open).

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### Clue: Wreck a French winter coat crossing Germany (9)

### Answer: UNDERMINE ### Explanation: Definition: Wreck UN(French for "a") + [ERMINE(the white winter fur,coat of various weasels) ***containing***(crossing) D(International Vehicle Registration for Germany)]