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| 1. 20% microfibre 80% cotton cloth is extremely warm. |
| 1. | Indicator needs precision: 20% microfiber is also ic, ib, … |
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| 2. A fervid horse tout might resolve to expose such favourites ! |
| 1. | surface prose too unnatural (for my liking) |
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| 3. A porridge of thin rolled oats for this dead-cert stallion. |
| 1. | 'Stallion' is redundant in the definition | | 2. | Comp. anags best suit '& lits'. Here the wordplay is the whole clue but the def is only a small part, the rest looking irrelevant. |
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| 4. Are dhotis scorching on the inside? |
| 1. | The way it's written, 'on the inside' describes 'scorching' not 'are dhotis'. |
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| 5. Balls crosses Miliband? Hard to get excited |
| 1. | Logically needs an indication of 'example' with Balls (so might go to Azed's waste-bin) but I'll give it a point for originality. |
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| 6. Be this getting terribly bothered? |
| 1. | I think that the other 'when anagrind fodder' works better than 'getting anagrind fodder', which seems the wrong way around. | | 2. | If one reads it the correct way it works. |
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| 7. Be this when outrageously bothered? |
| 1. | If one reads it the correct way it works. |
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| 9. Caught up in a bunch of flames.(3,3) |
| 1. | I don't see how this works as a cryptic clue |
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| 10. Charlie leaves torched potty flushed. |
| 1. | What does the surface mean? |
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| 14. Exciting bit of design stitched to her dresses (3-3) |
| 1. | I don´t think ´stitched´ works as an anagram indicator. | | 2. | 'her' in the surface reading is weak: there's no previous reference to the name of the (mystery) 'her'. |
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| 15. Extreme cases of OCD expect rubbish put in order |
| 1. | Good. Surface would read better with '…expect rubbish to be put in order'. |
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| 16. Extreme is about Lawrence to go backwards. |
| 1. | What does the surface mean? | | 2. | Clues need precision if they are to be fair. Strictly, DH does not = Lawrence (DH = Lawrence's initials). |
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| 17. Extreme left-winger gets nicked. |
| 1. | Works fine but surface story rather pointless (why 'gets nicked' rather than, say, 'goes shopping'?) |
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| 18. Extremely bothered or het up? |
| 1. | 'Extremely' doesn't properly identify the last letter |
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| 19. Extremely exciting kind of poker (6) |
| 1. | Erroneous, therefore unfair as a clue: red-hot is an adjective, 'kind of poker' is a noun |
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| 20. Fresh out of the forge, the rod is hammered into a new shape (3-3) |
| 1. | One for the better 'the rod' clues, but anagram indication could be more concise | | 2. | 'is' looks wrong; 'got' would have done it |
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| 21. Friend regularly sexually attractive is very busy with calls |
| 1. | Clue works fine but 'regularly sexually attractive' looks odd in the surface reading |
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| 22. Garbage bags emptied, emptied by hand – this is completely new! |
| 1. | The comma looks wrong (wordplay needs 'emptied emptied') and my Chambers doesn't have hand = h. |
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| 23. How piece of copper turns when getting torched (3-3) |
| 1. | I see the potential for the comp anag but don't see that the clue's 'how' makes it work correctly. |
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| 24. In demure dhoti, yet dead sexy |
| 1. | Not bad. I think 'Dead sexy in …' would have been better | | 2. | The 'yet' is spurious in the clue (= wordplay + def) i.e. the clue is erroneous. |
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| 25. Indian may be spotted in cashmere dhoti |
| 1. | 'Indian may be' does not indicate an adjective (red-hot). |
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| 26. It's very popular to herd bucks |
| 1. | Two words would 'buck', not 'bucks'. Any such (grammatical) error is unfair to the solver. |
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| 27. Left tap's degree code? |
| 1. | The clue should be for an adjective (red-hot); this one isn't. |
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| 28. Lenin angry! Creating much excitement |
| 1. | Lenin? e.g. Lenin. Nil points. |
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| 29. Nailed on the Rood, but not an ordinary criminal |
| 1. | I think it's the victory that's nailed on and not the favourite | | 2. | I don't see a meaning of 'criminal' that indicates an anagram. |
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| 30. On horse in finish before the last at Ascot. It's almost a dead cert! (3-3) |
| 1. | Horse (= heroin) = h? Not in my (big red) book. |
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| 31. Painfully throbbed when a gun is fired for being extremely popular |
| 1. | The surface makes little sense | | 2. | Painful doesn't suggest an anagram to me. |
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| 32. Prime bread, very warm and fresh (3-3) |
| 1. | Don't think prime is the same as "prime letters of" | | 2. | Prime bread = r e d? Clever idea but flawed grammatically. |
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| 34. Recently received banter with thorn at it's heart |
| 1. | I'm afraid the apostrophe blows this clue's chances |
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| 36. Ruby Sharp is furious! (3-3) |
| 1. | A convenient name but it makes a less than compelling clue |
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| 42. Strongly fancied horse in point-to-point runs up front |
| 1. | h = horse: from which dictionary is that? |
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| 45. The rod made bum painful to touch? |
| 1. | Nicely disguised if not very adventurous anagram |
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| 48. Type of adult entertainment that precedes poker |
| 1. | 'Red-hot' is an adjective. 'Type of adult entertainment' is not. |
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| 50. Unlike outdated property, other renovated houses sold finally |
| 1. | Red hot is more than just 'unlike' outdated | | 2. | Nice try but the def. is too vague. |
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| 51. Very excited member stuffing Bangalore dhoti |
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| 52. Very fashionable metallic colour used in branding? |
| 1. | Good idea, but 'metallic colour' doesn't quite work for me |
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| 54. Violent revolutionary activist wanted by police. |
| 1. | Don't have 'wanted by police = hot' in my dictionaries: so as a solver I'd not be sure I had the right answer. |
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| 55. With such a tip, certain to be first maître d'hôtel admitted |
| 1. | Nicely spotted hidden word, and clever surface | | 2. | Good idea poorly executed. Better would be something like: "Well-tipped maitre d'hotel welcomes me in." |
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